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7 children among 13 killed in Philadelphia house fire
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At least 13 people, including seven children, were killed in a fire in a Philadelphia apartment building, the fire department said.
At least 13 people, including seven children, were killed in an early morning fire on Wednesday in a Philadelphia apartment building after smoke detectors failed to go off, the Philadelphia Fire Department said.
Firefighters arrived around 6:40 am (1140 GMT) and fought for about 50 minutes to control the blaze on the second floor of the three-story row house in the city's Fairmount neighborhood, owned by the city's public housing authority.
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