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How to Help the Families of the East Minor Street Fire
Local organizations are rallying to help the community members who were displaced by the blaze.

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Local organizations are rallying to help the community members who were displaced by the blaze.

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The two-alarm blaze damaged seven houses on East Minor Street on Saturday.
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Fire department personnel checked to make sure the fire had not spread.