SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Greenville County Coroner Parks Evans says that a 10-year-old elementary school student has died in a house fire in Simpsonville.
The coroner tells local media outlets that the fire broke out about 2:40 on Tuesday morning.
The victim has been identified as Shawn Demitris Jones III, a student at Fork Shoals Elementary School. The coroner says a family member pulled Shawn and his 11-year-old cousin from the fire but that Shawn was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cousin and several other family members were treated at a local hospital emergency room.
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