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Firefighters battle raging building fire in North Philadelphia Saturday morning

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Firefighters extinguished a large building fire in North Philadelphia early Saturday morning.

The fire started a little after 2:30 a.m. at a building located on the 3500 block of Germantown Avenue, officials said.

Fire officials told NBC10 that several companies arrived to put out the three-story building fire with about 80 firefighters on hand.

The fire was placed under control around 4:10 a.m., officials explained.

Two firefighters were hurt during the incident, but they are both in stable condition.

An investigation is underway into the cause of the fire by the Fire Marshal's Office.

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