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'First time that I've cried:' Wesley Chapel residents react to losing everything in three-alarm fire
Hundreds of residents at the Cobalt Apartment Complex in Wesley Chapel are displaced after a three-alarm fire on Thursday.
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'First time that I've cried:' Wesley Chapel residents react to losing everything in three-alarm fire
Tampa Bay Times and WFLA News Channel 8 (Nexstar, Tampa) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedHundreds of residents at the Cobalt Apartment Complex in Wesley Chapel are displaced after a three-alarm fire on Thursday.
What changedThe left frames it as "Wesley Chapel apartment fire was caused by lightning strike, officials say". The center frames it as "'First time that I've cried:' Wesley Chapel residents react to losing everything in three...".
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Still Watching. The left frames it as "Wesley Chapel apartment fire was caused by lightning strike, officials say". The center frames it as "'First time that I've cried:' Wesley Chapel residents react to losing everything in three...".
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Aug 21, 11:09 PM: WFLA News Channel 8 (Nexstar, Tampa) joined the source map.
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Tampa Bay Times2h ago
Wesley Chapel apartment fire was caused by lightning strike, officials say
A Wesley Chapel apartment fire that displaced roughly 200 residents Thursday afternoon was caused by a lightning strike, officials said Friday. Speaking against the blare of distant smoke a...