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Gas leak causes fire in Brownsville high rise

Fire officials say a gas leak triggered a fire in Brownsville Wednesday, destroying apartments in the Van Dyke housing complex and injuring five people. Many tenants were inconvenienced for hours as

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Dec 24, 2008, 9:02 PM

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