2 Die In Blaze
Two people died in a fire this afternoon at 418 block of Highland Drive and a third resident of the home was taken to the hospital for observation.
The fire broke out shortly after 11am this morning and was under control just before 2pm. A man and a woman were later found in the basement. A cause and damage estimate are not available.
This is the third fire fatality this year in Edgewater. On January 24, 2010, John B. Sorrell, a local attorney died in a fire at his home in the Selby Heights neighborhood.