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Tight-knit Midwood community reeling after fire kills 7

Members of the tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community in Midwood are reeling after a fire swept through a home early Saturday morning, killing seven children and critically injuring the children's mother

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Mar 21, 2015, 10:34 PM

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