Fire kills 7 children at home in New York

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(CNN)A house fire killed seven children in Brooklyn, New York, early Saturday morning, police said.

In addition to the children, a woman and a teenage girl were injured in the fire in Brooklyn's south-central Midwood section, the New York Police Department said.

The victims are believed to be related, police said.

The fire burned the first and second floors of the home, located about three blocks south of Brooklyn College, the New York Fire Department said on Twitter. The flames, reported after midnight, were under control before 1:30 a.m., the fire department said.

More than 100 firefighters went to the site, CNN affiliate NY1 reported.

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