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Witnesses Reported Seeing Fast-Moving Fire Starting in Donated Clothes

A table piled with donated clothes is being eyed as the potential origin of a fire that killed five people at a Texas homeless shelter, forcing some residents to flee into the cold streets barefoot and coatless. Fire officials said it was the deadliest fire in 30 years in recent memory in Paris, a town of about 26,000 people about 100 miles northeast of Dallas. "It went fast," said Roger Riemer, 49, who has lived at the shelter since September. "There was quite a few people trying... Full Story
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