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2 killed in Sulu fire

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November 5, 2007 | 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY – At least two persons were killed while over a thousand residents were displaced when a fire hit a densely populated village in the island town of Siasi in Sulu Saturday afternoon, officials said.

About a dozen others were also injured in the fire that swept through Sitio North Laud in the town proper, razing houses, stores and a gasoline station. – Roel Pareño

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