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It is a tragic incident that has touched the city of Philadelphia at its heart, in the eastern United States. At 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters faced a large fire affecting an apartment building in the residential area of Fairmont.
“For now, the toll is 13 (dead)”, said a representative of the firefighters via a press conference broadcast on Twitter, specifying that this figure could still evolve. Seven children are believed to be among the victims. According to the firefighters, “it took 50 minutes to bring the fire under control” intense that would come from the second floor of a house, which has three.
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