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Updated 02/07/2009 05:17 PM

One Dies In East Harlem Fire

By: NY1 News

One of two injured brothers died Saturday morning in a fire in an East Harlem apartment building.

According to fire officials, he fire started at around 8:10 a.m. and was under control about an hour-and-a-half later.

A total of five people were hospitalized, and the brothers were taken to North General Hospital.

As of Saturday evening, the cause of the fire was still unknown.