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(Update) 2 Girls Killed In Newark Fire At Birthday Party (Update) 2 Girls Killed In Newark Fire At Birthday Party
(Update) 2 Girls Killed In Newark Fire At Birthday Party Update: Investigators believe the girls — ages 6 and 8 — may have accidentally sparked the blaze on the second floor of the home while playing with fire at one of their birthday parties, the Newark Fire Department said.  Firefighters were called to the home around 12:30 a.m. and found the girls unresponsive and severely burned inside. They performed CPR, but the children were reported dead at the scene, authorities said.  Witnesses told investigators that the girls were playing with fire near a couch in a hallway on the home's second floor, where the blaze began and spread, a…

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