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Fire officials cite fireworks as cause of nine-alarm blaze

Firefighters extinguishing remnants of the nine-alarm blaze Sunday in Roxbury. Firefighters extinguishing remnants of the nine-alarm blaze Sunday in Roxbury. (Michael Dwyer/Associated Press)
By John M. Guilfoil
Globe Staff / August 25, 2010

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Saturday night’s nine-alarm inferno that destroyed several abandoned buildings in Roxbury was sparked accidentally by fireworks, Boston Fire Lieutenant Hank Sheridan, the lead investigator, said last night. (Full article: 598 words)

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