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One Dead in Newark High-Rise Building Fire

Newark

Fire officials in Newark are investigating a fire that broke out in a high-rise building in Newark.

Firefighters rushed to the 20's block of Foster Street (100 block of Dayton) at around 1 a.m. after receiving reports of a fire inside a building at that location.

Crews arrived at the scene and immediately began to evacuate senior citizen residents at 27 Foster Street.

A search of the building had firefighters located an unidentified unconscious and unresponsive man inside the building.

Medics pronounced the victim a short time later.

There were no other injuries immediately reported.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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