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Passaic siblings die in early morning fire

Two teenage siblings were killed Saturday in an early morning fire that gutted their home. Jennifer Francis, 18, and her 16-year-old brother Mina died after a fire broke out in their two-story house

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Apr 7, 2008, 1:30 PM

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