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Abandoned Brooklyn House Demolished After Multiple Fires

An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.

An abandoned Brooklyn house where a squatter died Tuesday in a fast-moving fire has been a neighborhood nuisance for years, residents said. However, after years of frustration for the block’s residents, the city is now finally moving to end the problem — ordering that the out-of-control building be demolished. The stubborn blaze that broke out just after 8am on the second floor of a two-story house on 67th St. near 12th Avenue in Dyker Heights was the fifth fire to engulf the property in just two years, Fire Department officials said. Click here to read more on firerescue1.com.




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