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Two people suffered serious burns around 9 p.m. in Yarmouth, and first responders called for a Life-Flight helicopter, a public safety dispatcher said Tuesday.

The two people were burned by a fire pit, the dispatcher confirmed, but more details were not immediately available.

The people who were burned were at an address on Ashland Avenue, a residential street on Cousins Island.

The two victims’ condition was not immediately known.

Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau....