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3 adults, 3 children dead in fire

| April 4, 2010 9:00 PM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A fire swept through a two-story Minneapolis building that housed several apartments and an Irish pub Friday, killing six people - including three children - who friends and family feared were a bartender and several of his girlfriend's relatives.

Firefighters arrived shortly after 6 a.m. to find heavy flames and smoke pouring from the building, where the roof eventually collapsed, authorities said. The blaze began in one of six second-floor apartments, but the cause hadn't been determined Friday evening, said Assistant Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel.

One woman died at a hospital early Friday and the bodies of two men and three children were later recovered from the building, city and fire officials said. Shortly after removing the third child's body from the ruins, authorities said they did not expect to find more victims.