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Toddler remains in hospital after Brooklyn fire

A butane lighter in the hands of a 3-year-old girl started a fire that tore through a four-story Brooklyn row house and nearly took the toddler's life, authorities said Friday.

Gabriela Rogers, known as "Gabi," suffered severe burns over 70 percent of her body by the time two city firefighters crawled through thick smoke and heavy heat Thursday evening to rescue her from the second-story...

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