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Complete the newspaper story about a fire.
 

Two people  1. (to die) in a fire in Church Street, Hastings yesterday evening.
They  2. (to be) Maggie and Dennis Humes, a couple in their sixties.
The fire  3. (to start) at 4.40 a.m. A neighbour  4. (to see) the flames and
5. (to call) the fire brigade. He also  6. (to try) to get into the house and
rescue his neighbours, but the heat  7. (to be) to great.
The fire brigade  8. (to arrive) in seven minutes. Fifteen fire-fighters 9. (to fight)
the fire and finally they 10. (to bring) it under control. Two fire-fighters 11. (to enter)
the building but they 12. (to find) the couple dead.
 
 

 

 
     
 

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