(late work: day three) News Reading and Response

I read an article about an apartment building fire in London. The fire started around one in the morning on Wednesday. Seventeen people died, but that count has continued to rise, and at least seventy eight people have been taken to six different hospitals. The London police still do not know the cause of the fire. The apartment building had twenty floors and only one main staircase. They doubt there will be any more found survivors.

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