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2 girls burned in SE Minnesota campfire explosion improving

Two young girls seriously burned in a campfire explosion at a campground near the southeastern Minnesota town of Houston last month are on the mend. Chloe Langen, 4, has been upgraded from critical to serious condition at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, and Annabelle Heyer, 4, is in fair condition at University Hospital's burn center in Madison, Wis.
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Two young girls seriously burned in a campfire explosion at a campground near the southeastern Minnesota town of Houston last month are on the mend. Chloe Langen, 4, has been upgraded from critical to serious condition at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, and Annabelle Heyer, 4, is in fair condition at University Hospital's burn center in Madison, Wis.

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