The ST. JOSEPH (MO) NEWS-PRESS has identified the 2 fatalities as "89-year-old Ellis Marion Stephens and his wife 86-year-old Iris E. Stephens."
The 3-alarm fire at Danford Hall at 2608 Penn Street in central St. Joseph was reported to the St. Joe Fire department around 5:08 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
St. Joseph Fire department's public information officer (PIO) Mike Neylon told CSW that the 3-story building was not protected by fire sprinklers and that the department received an automatic alarm from the building at 5:10:28 p.m.- 2 minutes after dispatch of the initial alarm according to press reports.
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