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WDSU New Orleans (Hearst)News report · Aug 21, 1:06 AM
Raging house fire on Napoleon Avenue
New Orleans Firefighters are working to control a house fire on Napoleon Ave near Lasalle St
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Raging house fire on Napoleon Avenue
ABC News Australia Top Stories and WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happened New Orleans Firefighters are working to control a house fire on Napoleon Ave near Lasalle St.
The headline split WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) frames it as "Raging house fire on Napoleon Avenue". WGNO ABC (Nexstar, New Orleans) frames it as "Fire crews respond to three-alarm residential blaze on Napoleon Avenue".
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ABC News Australia Top StoriesNews report · Aug 21, 2:42 AM
Five-year-old girl dies in house fire despite rescuers' 'extraordinary bravery'
A man and a teenage boy are being praised for their efforts in trying to break into a home to rescue a five-year-old girl who perished in a house fire near Newcastle.
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WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk)News report · Aug 21, 1:23 AM
Portsmouth house fire started by lightning, firefighters say
A lightning strike sparked a fire in Portsmouth, rendering a home uninhabitable. Fire crews rescued a cat, and the Red Cross is assisting the displaced residents.
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WGNO ABC (Nexstar, New Orleans)News report · Aug 21, 12:45 AM
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.
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Aug 21, 12:45 AM: WGNO ABC (Nexstar, New Orleans) joined the source map.
Aug 21, 1:06 AM: WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) joined the source map.
Aug 21, 1:23 AM: WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk) joined the source map.
Aug 21, 2:42 AM: ABC News Australia Top Stories joined the source map.
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