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Three-alarm fire in Prospect Heights kills two adults, two children

Two adults and two children died in a three-alarm fire in Prospect Heights Friday morning. Residents who escaped, described thick black smoke engulfing the building. The residents say they used the fire

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Feb 24, 2006, 1:49 PM

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