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Six people killed and nine injured in Brooklyn house fire
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People killed in the Brooklyn house fire
Six people died and nine others were injured after a fire spread through a two-storey home in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. Four died at the scene and two in hospital; the cause remained under investigation, with a possible lithium-ion battery link unconfirmed.
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People killed in the Brooklyn house fire
2 of 2 sources“Six people have died after a large fire broke out in a residential building in Brooklyn”
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People injured in the Brooklyn house fire
1 of 2 sources“Six other civilians were injured, two of them critically, along with three firefighters”
- 9peopleBBC News
- 7peopleThe Guardian