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Tue 06 Jun 2007Nine US firefighters killed in store blazeNine firefighters died battling a blaze that raced through a furniture store and warehouse in Charleston, South Carolina, last night, triggering a rolling ball of smoke and flames that destroyed the roof and pelted onlookers with hot ash.The warehouse was packed with furniture and the blaze "rolled through it like a fireball" while the firefighters tried to put it out, said Pam Blevins, secretary to the Charleston city fire chief, Russell Thomas.