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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 happened Hundreds of residents at the Cobalt Apartment Complex in Wesley Chapel are displaced after a three-alarm fire on Thursday.
The headline split 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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Left / center-leftWesley Chapel apartment fire was caused by lightning strike, officials say

Tampa Bay Times · Center-left · News report

Center'First time that I've cried:' Wesley Chapel residents react to losing everything in three-alarm fire

WFLA News Channel 8 (Nexstar, Tampa) · Center · News report

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WFLA News Channel 8 (Nexstar, Tampa)News report · Aug 21, 11:09 PM

'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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Tampa Bay TimesNews report · Aug 21, 9:58 PM

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...

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Aug 21, 9:58 PM: Tampa Bay Times joined the source map.

Aug 21, 11:09 PM: WFLA News Channel 8 (Nexstar, Tampa) joined the source map.

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