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7-year-old credited for saving lives in Reading house fire

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By 6abc
Thursday, June 6, 2013
READING, Pa. -June 6, 2013

Crews arrived to a fast-moving fire that broke out along Schuylkill Avenue.

The homeowner says his son made sure his grandmother and babysitter got out of the house safely.

The babysitter was taken to the hospital and treated for a burned hand.

Investigators are trying to determine what sparked the blaze.

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