Pre-Dawn Fire Kills Frederiksted Man

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Pre-Dawn Fire Kills Frederiksted Man

Firefighters arrived to find flames shooting out the widows of a Mars Hill, Frederiksted home early Monday. Once the fire was under control, crews entered to find a man and his dog dead, likely from smoke inhalation, said Antonio Stevens, assistant director of fire services in St. Croix.

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