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Man, teenage girl killed in Bronx apartment building fire
NEW YORK – A man and a teenage girl have been killed in an apartment building fire in New York City.
It happened around noon on Sunday at a seven-story apartment building in the Bronx.
Police say 62-year-old Nelson Rojas and 13-year-old Yolanda Rojas 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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This story has been corrected to show the man who died was 62, not 61.
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