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Dawn casts West Roxbury fire scene in grim light

Email|Print| Text size + By the Boston Globe City & Region Desk
August 30, 07 08:40 AM

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(George Rizer/Globe Staff)

Firefighters stood on Centre Street this morning outside the site of a four-alarm blaze at a restaurant where two of their colleagues died and 12 were injured.

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(George Rizer/Globe Staff)

Investigators this morning removed the 3-ton air conditioning unit that crashed through the restaurant roof while firefighters were battling the blaze. It was unclear what role the air conditioner played in the firefighter deaths and injuries.

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