A memorial is growing outside of a house that a couple called home for years. The flowers and stuffed animals in the front yard are a stark contrast to the charred remnants of the home.

Just after midnight on Sunday, Cleveland firefighters were called to the home on East 52nd Street for a house fire that claimed the lives of two people, a beloved teacher and a veteran. 2 dead after house fire in Cleveland

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When firefighters arrived on the scene, they found heavy fire on the front porch and first floor of the home. U.S. military veteran, 57-year-old William Swincicki, and his wife, 55-year-old Michelle Terwilliger, a teacher at St. Stanislaus Catholic School, were found upstairs in a bedroom.

The couple was transported to a nearby hospital

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