This is community : Mourners remember Elijah Hawkins, 8, with candlelight vigil
York Dispatch
A crowd of about 100 people gathered in West York Thursday evening to remember a boy who lost his life after a house fire on July 3.
Mourners traveled to West Poplar Terrace to attend a candlelight vigil for Elijah Hawkins, 8.
People bowed their heads and held lit candles during a moment of silence for Elijah. Afterward, those in attendance visited a memorial site set up outside the remnants of the Hawkins family home, some leaving behind toys, candles and other items to remember Elijah. Others signed posters and wrote messages to him and his family.
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Child dies, another treated for burns after West York fire
Staff report
One child died and another is being treated for burns after a fire in West York on Saturday night.
The fire was reported just before 11 p.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of West Poplar Terrace, according to a Facebook post by West York Borough Police.
Firefighters arrived to find a duplex-style house with extensive fire showing, police said. Some family members had already gotten out of the house, and firefighters found and removed one child and two family pets.
A fire marshal determined that the fire was accidental and was related to discarded fireworks, police said.
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