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Man Killed In Newark Fire Was Beloved Local Resident Man Killed In Newark Fire Was Beloved Local Resident
Man Killed In Newark Fire Was Beloved Local Resident Authorities have identified the 57-year-old man killed him in a Newark apartment building Saturday night, Feb. 4. Charlie Casiano was found inside of the building on the 800 block of Franklin Avenue, sometime after 7:40 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Casiano was taken to Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville, where he was pronounced dead at 8:01 p.m. Sources with direct knowledge of the incident say Casiano may have been smoking near a couch, however, a conclusive cause of the blaze has yet to be i…

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