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Police: Man killed in fall into backyard fire pit in Phoenix

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By ABC13
Thursday, December 31, 2009
PHOENIX, AZ The Fire Department says the man had dug a three-foot-deep fire pit in his backyard to roast a pig. However, he somehow stumbled into the fiery hole.

Family and friends rushed to the pit, but were unable to pull the man out of the fire before he died.

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