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FD: 8-month-old girl dies after being found in a toilet

Posted at 2:23 PM, May 01, 2019
and last updated 2019-05-01 17:45:12-04

PHOENIX — An eight-month-old girl has died after she was found in a toilet Wednesday afternoon, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.

Firefighters responded to the home near 24th Street and Indian School Road around 1:30 p.m.

The girl was taken to Phoenix Children's hospital in "extremely critical condition," but did not survive. She was apparently found in the toilet by a family member.

Phoenix fire says the infant was being watched by her 16-year-old sister. A three-year-old boy was also in the home at the time.

It is not known how long the child was not accounted for.