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Monday, April 27, 2009  43 people have died in South Carolina house fires just this year. That's a record high but fire officials say they have a plan to lower it.

Friday, April 17, 2009  A startling number to report 10 people have died in Lexington County house fires since the end of January, that's the most in the state. The latest victim died early Thursday morning. It happened just after 3:00 on Valley Stream Road. By the time crews arrived flames engulfed the home, a scene especially hard for one firefighter.