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12 killed in early-morning Philadelphia apartment fire

A screenshot of the apartment as firefighters battle to put off the fire.

Twelve people, including eight children, were killed early on Wednesday when flames swept through a public housing apartment building in Philadelphia in one of the city's worst such fires in recent years.

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