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New Brunswick Man Charged In House Fire That Killed Two Pets

A 56-year-old New Brunswick man faces multiple charges connected to an October 2 house fire that displaced three families and killed a dog and a cat.

Police received a call about the fire in the four-family house on Home Street at about 3:45 p.m., according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

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