Baby, toddler among 3 dead in Mass. house blaze

Fire officials in a city south of Boston say a 2-month-old baby and a 1-year-old child are among the three people who died in an apartment house fire.

Deputy Chief Jeff Starr says the fire at a four-family home in Quincy was reported at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday.

He says in addition to the three fatalities, one person was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with serious burns.

Starr said he had no additional information on the victims. Another 15 to 20 people who lived in the building escaped.

There was no immediate word on the cause of the blaze, which apparently started in the basement.

The state Fire Marshal is at the scene about 10 miles south of Boston.