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Urgent: Deadly New York fire caused by child playing with stove: official

Xinhua,December 30, 2017 Adjust font size:

NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- A massive fire that killed 12 people inside a New York building was ignited by a child playing with a stove, the city's fire department chief said Friday. Enditem