Reading Fire

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Reading firefighters had their hands full with a house fire Sunday afternoon.

It broke out at a home in the 1200 block of Luzerne Street around 2 p.m.

Officials said the fire started somewhere in the kitchen and spread to the second floor.

Noone was hurt.

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