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FDNY: 1 dead in Upper West Side apartment fire

Associated Press - November 5, 2009 1:45 AM ET

NEW YORK (AP) - Officials say a fire in an apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side claimed the life of a 48-year-old woman.

Police say Christina Cuardarado was pronounced dead at the scene on the third floor.

Sixty firefighters battled the blaze, which broke out in a third floor apartment on West 104th Street just before 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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