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Man, teenage girl killed in Bronx apartment building fire

By Associated Press
Published: January 14, 2018, 2:34pm

NEW YORK — A man and a teenage girl have been killed in an apartment building fire in New York City.

It happened just after noon on Sunday at a seven-story apartment building in the Bronx.

Police say a 61-year-old man and a 13-year-old girl were found unconscious and unresponsive. They were taken to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

It took firefighters about an hour to get the blaze under control.

The cause remains under investigation.

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