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Edzer Desir, 44, dies in apartment fire on East 49th Street in East Flatbush

A man is dead after a fire swept through two apartments in an East Flatbush building early Sunday morning. Firefighters arrived at 411 East 49th St. at around 4:10 Sunday morning after getting reports

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Aug 3, 2014, 10:45 PM

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