LIVINGSTON, Tenn. (WSMV) - Another child has died in a house fire in Overton County, marking the second deadly house fire involving children in less than a week.

Rickman Volunteer Fire Department Chief Spencer Curd confirmed to WSMV4 that a 3-year-old child was killed in a house fire off Rickman Monterey Highway at about 9:50 a.m. on Tuesday.

Curd reported that crews were able to save the house, but smoke inhalation killed the child. The toddler’s mother and younger sibling were able to make it out and were hospitalized at Vanderbilt Emergency Medical Center.

Several first responding agencies responded to the fire.

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The cause of the fire is unclear. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is assisting in the inves

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