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Nearly 50 Displaced After Newark Restaurant, Apartment Fire
NEWARK, N.J. - A fire that began in a Chinese restaurant in Newark late Sunday has caused about 50 people to evacuate their homes.
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The fire was reported around 11:30 p.m. at the Happy Garden restaurant.
It spread to apartments above it in the five-story building, and to a building next door.
Authorities tell News 12 New Jersey that no one was seriously injured - but that about 50 people in all were displaced.
Thirty-eight-year-old Ronnie Mayers, who got his wife and four kids out of the building, said the fire smelled like cooking grease.
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Information from: News 12, http://www.news12.com
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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The fire was reported around 11:30 p.m. at the Happy Garden restaurant.
It spread to apartments above it in the five-story building, and to a building next door.
Authorities tell News 12 New Jersey that no one was seriously injured - but that about 50 people in all were displaced.
Thirty-eight-year-old Ronnie Mayers, who got his wife and four kids out of the building, said the fire smelled like cooking grease.
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Information from: News 12, http://www.news12.com
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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