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Woman clings to life in Chinatown fire horror 

A Chinatown woman was battling for life after firefighters pulled her out of her burning high-rise apartment, officials said.

The 59-year-old woman was asleep in her 10th-floor apartment in Knickerbocker Village on Monroe St. when a fire ignited at 3:45 a.m. Wednesday, officials said. . . .

Fire marshals believe the blaze ignited after the woman's lit cigarette fell on paper products on the living room floor.

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