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 ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - An extension cord overloaded with Christmas decorations may have sparked a fire that swept through four downtown row houses Friday, killing five people and injuring several others, officials said. The holiday decorations had been plugged into a power strip joined to an extension cord, said Allentown Fire Capt. Robert Scheirer.
He said the early morning fire was ruled accidental, though investigators were still trying to determine if the wiring failed, a specific ornament shorted out or if something else was involved.
The three-story row home had no working smoke alarms. Three men and two men died inside, Scheirer said.
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