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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa firefighters were dispatched to a fire in the 1800 block of  McMinn Street Sunday morning at 8:38 a.m.  The county’s strike team also responded.  The  fire appeared to have started in the kitchen of the two story frame home. The fire spread to the second floor, and was under control in about 45 minutes.  Crews remained on scene for about four hours according to the report.  The residents were out of town and the fire is under investigation.