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Firefighters Responding To Newark Kitchen Fire Find Children Living With Insects

Newark firefighters responding to a kitchen fire found something much worse: Bugs and filth.

800 block of South 19th Street

800 block of South 19th Street

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The Newark Fire Division called code enforcement to the first floor of the house on the 800 block of 19th Street, for the presence of children and insects around 12:50 a.m. Wednesday, a city spokeswoman said.

Ten residents were evacuated in the fire. 

A fire inspection and investigation remain ongoing.

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