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NORTH MIAMI BEACH

Fire started by boy kills older brother

A fire started by a special needs child in a home on Tuesday grew out of control, killing the boy’s older brother, police said.

Firefighters were called to the 1000 block of Northeast 179th Street at 3 a.m. after an 8-year-old boy set his mattress ablaze with matches, North Miami Beach Detective Armando Sotero said.

Kalman Plotke, 11, was trapp ...