Child hospitalized after Tacoma house fire succumbs to injuries

A child sent to the hospital following a house fire in Tacoma early Sunday morning has died, fire officials said. 

The Tacoma Fire Department was called to a home on East Clarkson Street for a fire around 3:40 a.m. Flames were visible from the streets and there were initial reports that people were trapped on the second floor, according to Tacoma fire. 

Firefighters entered the home and were able to get the child out. She was critically injured and taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where she later died. 

The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Police haven't released the child's age. 

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