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About 20 families homeless after 3rd Avenue fire

About 20 families are homeless after a four-alarm fire tore through a Third Avenue building Wednesday night. According to officials, it took more than 100 firefighters over three hours to contain the

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About 20 families homeless after 3rd Avenue fire

About 20 families are homeless after a four-alarm fire tore through a Third Avenue building Wednesday night. According to officials, it took more than 100 firefighters over three hours to contain the

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