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Residents leave a three-story apartment building swept by fire early Monday. At least 10 people were killed and two others were critically injured. The fire, possibly caused by an electrical fault, heavily damaged the second floor before reaching the third floor, where all the victims lived. "One of the neighbors said they kept hearing screams, people saying `Open the door! Open the door!' They couldn't find the door," said Rigo Montez, 27, who lives next door. Police Sgt. Nick Gaudio said a screaming woman engulfed in flames was leaning out a third-story window when firefighters and police arrived. He said the woman was burned over nearly 60 percent of her body. Police said the fire broke out before 3 a.m. in the low-income, mostly Hispanic neighborhood.

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