4 Die, 60 Hurt as Fire Hits Residential Hotel
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DETROIT —
A fire ripped through an aging residential hotel early Friday, killing four people and injuring nearly 60 others, including four police officers, authorities said.
Fire officials said it appears the four-alarm blaze started in an apartment on the first floor of the Billinghurst Hotel, forcing many trapped residents to jump from upper-story windows. The blaze was under investigation.
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