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Two bodies found at site of Howard Beach brush fire

Investigators scope out a crime scene next to

Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Investigators scope out a crime scene next to 78th Street in Howard Beach, Queens, after New York City firefighters found two bodies while responding to a brush fire early Wednesday morning. (March 6, 2013)

New York City police were investigating the deaths of two men whose badly burned bodies were found during a brush fire in open parkland in Howard Beach early Wednesday.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters at a morning briefing Wednesday that the victims appear to have had plastic trash bags over them that melted and may have given investigators an initial impression that the men were...

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