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Two Dead in Early Morning Paterson House Fire

Paterson

A 2-alarm fire that broke out early this morning in the city fatally injured two people. 

Firefighters arrived to the 2-story house located at 523 Union Ave. where heavy fire tore through the structure at around 4:40 a.m. 

One person was pulled from the house dead shortly before 5:30 a.m. as heavy fire (that was believed to be gas fed) extended to at least one other house. A second victim was found dead in the house at around 6:45 a.m. 

The fire was brought under control in about an hour and a half. 

The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office were on the scene for the investigation.  

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