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Two sisters flee ferocious Amityville blaze

11:17 PM EST, March 3, 2008

Two Amityville girls narrowly escaped from the second story of their burning house early Monday in a fast-moving fire that officials said likely started in an old chimney.

The blaze started just after 1 a.m., said Russell Sawyer, an assistant fire chief with the Amityville Fire Department.

"They were very lucky, very lucky to get out," said Sawyer....

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