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7 killed in Massachusetts apartment building fire

Firefighters work on the top floor of a burned Lowell, Mass., apartment building where officials said seven people, including three children, died in a fast-moving blaze. The building did not have a sprinkler system, said State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan.

Firefighters work on the top floor of a burned Lowell, Mass., apartment building where officials said seven people, including three children, died in a fast-moving blaze. The building did not have a sprinkler system, said State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan.  (Elise Amendola / Associated Press)

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Seven people were killed, including three children, in an apartment building fire in Lowell, Mass.

Deadly Lowell, Mass., fire

A state fire marshal outside the burned apartment building. The victims were found in the third-floor units, fire officials said.   (Elise Amendola / Associated Press)

Deadly Lowell, Mass., fire

A firefighter inspects the top floor of the burned apartment building.  (Elise Amendola / Associated Press)

Deadly Lowell, Mass., fire

Geri Boyles, right, with daughter Corinna, 10, speaks to reporters as Randy Perry, left, looks on. The three neighbors knew victims of the apartment fire.  (Elise Amendola / Associated Press)

Deadly Lowell, Mass., fire

The burned building.   (Elise Amendola / Associated Press)

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