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Part of Charles Dickens' home Bleak House, in Broadstairs, southern England, was damaged by fire on Sunday (9 April).
According to the BBC the fire service said the fire began in a residential first-floor bedroom and the cause was being investigated.
Furniture and other historic objects were reportedly salvaged from the property by firefighters.
No injuries were reported as a result of the fire. The family currently living at the property was out at the time of the blaze.
The house is named after one of Dickens' ...
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