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Raging house fire on Napoleon Avenue leaves homes charred, power knocked out
WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) and WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedA fire in a multi-family home near Napoleon Avenue and South Liberty Street in New Orleans displaced residents, knocked out power, and left the building charred, but no injuries were reported.
The headline splitWDSU New Orleans (Hearst) frames it as "Raging house fire on Napoleon Avenue leaves homes charred, power knocked out". WGNO ABC (Nexstar, New Orleans) frames it as "Fire crews respond to three-alarm residential blaze on Napoleon Avenue".
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CenterRaging house fire on Napoleon Avenue leaves homes charred, power knocked out
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Raging house fire on Napoleon Avenue leaves homes charred, power knocked out
A fire in a multi-family home near Napoleon Avenue and South Liberty Street in New Orleans displaced residents, knocked out power, and left the building charred, but no injuries were report...
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Fire crews respond to three-alarm residential blaze on Napoleon Avenue
Crews with the New Orleans Fire Department are at the scene of a three-alarm house fire in the Uptown neighborhood on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 20.
