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2 found dead after firefighters extinguish house fire in Santa Monica
KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles and WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedTwo people were found dead inside a Santa Monica home after firefighters extinguished a dramatic fire at the house, officials said.
The headline splitKABC / ABC7 Los Angeles frames it as "2 found dead after firefighters extinguish house fire in Santa Monica". KRON4 (Nexstar, San Francisco) frames it as "1 pet dead after structure fire on SF's Cordova Street".
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Center2 found dead after firefighters extinguish house fire in Santa Monica
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A woman was killed in a house fire early Saturday morning in Lafayette County, Mississippi. The victim was identified as Monique Crashon Gardner, 35. The Lafayette County...
1 pet dead after structure fire on SF's Cordova Street
(BCN)-- The San Francisco Fire Department responded to 47 Cordova St. after reports of fire on the second floor of a two-story, single-family residential home, Sunday morning. According to...
