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350 Rescued From Blaze Indicts Connected to Philadelphia Hotel Tragedy
A seven story Normandie Retirement Club fire in Philadelphia injures 39 and forces evacuation of 350 residents in freezing weather. Fire officials say John Lucy 77 started the blaze in a second floor room. Police and fire crews rescued residents to safety across several locations including the Divine Tracy Hotel and Penn nursing school dorms. Meanwhile in Fairfield, a grand jury indicts Cayetano Colon-Alecia 17 and Robert H Stuckey 34 on first degree murder charges for separate killings, with witnesses including medical examiners and police ballistics experts testifying.
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Philadelphia
James McCarry
Normandie
John Doyle
John Lucy
Doyle
James Davis
Divine Tracy
University of Pennsylvania Nursing School
Pennsylvania National Guard Armory
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Esther Stolboy
Robert Cohen
Joseph Rosenberg
Fairfield County
Cayetano Colon-Alecia
Robert H. Stuckey
Colon-Alecia
Greene Apartments
Stuckey
Tedesco
Superior Court
Samuel J. Tedesco
Francis J. King
Bridgeport
Otto, J. Saur
Colon- Alecia
Jorge L. Blas
Harral Avenue
Harral
Highland Avenues
Blas
Shirley
Sixth Street
Connecticut
Mr. Saur
George J. Monar
Anthony Fabrizi
Robert Carroll
John Zielinski
Bridgeport Police Department
James McDonald
Harold E. Doherty
Fabrizi
Arthur Buchanan
Fairfield State Jail
King
John Baxter
Wheeler Park
Fairfield
Katie Patterson
Oxford Street
William Deegan
Devonshire Drive