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Fire at Grand Prairie apartment complex

Almost twenty apartment units were damaged, officials said. There’s no information on what started the fire. GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Two dozen people are waking up away from home after a three-alarm fire damaged their apartment overnight in Grand Prairie. Fire officials said they responded to a fire in the 1900 block of Houston Street […]

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