Complete the newspaper story about a fire. Put in the past simple forms of the verbs:
Two people...(die) in a fire in Ellis Street,Oldport yesterday morning. They...(be) Herbert and Molly Paynter,a couple in their seventies. The fire...(start) at 3.20 a.m. A neighbour,Mr Aziz, ...(see) the flames and...(call) the fire brigade. He also...(try) to get into the house and rescue his neighbours, but the heat...(be) too great. The fire brigade...(arrive) in five minutes. Twenty five-fighters...(fight) the fire and finally...(bring) it under control. Two fire-fighters...(enter) the burning building but...(find) the couple dead.
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