Third person dies after a Connecticut fire that also killed a baby and has been labeled a crime

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Police in Connecticut say a third person has died as the result of a fire they have labeled as a crime. The blaze was reported at about 6 p.m. Wednesday at a home in Wallingford, about 14 miles north of New Haven.

The blaze was reported at about 6 p.m. Wednesday at a home in Wallingford, about 14 miles north of New Haven.

A 19-year-old and the baby were found inside a second-floor apartment. One was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was declared dead at a hospital, Wallingford police said. Preliminary results of an investigation by local and state police and fire marshals and the local state’s attorney’s office found that the fire appeared to be a criminal act, police said. The department on Friday labeled all three deaths as suspicious.

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