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- 1 2 3 4 5 "Little Village building where 10 kids died was site of suspicious fire in 2017". Chicago Sun-Times. September 13, 2018.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "The Ten Victims of the Little Village Fire". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
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