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Crews Battle House Fire In DeKalb County
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 22, 5:56 AM EDT
updated Oct 25, 11:10 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WANF (Atlanta News First CBS), WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta) and WXIA (11Alive NBC), not yet confirmed.
What Happened
1 person died and 2 were injured in a DeKalb County house fire that neighbors heard an explosion before, WXIA and WAGA reported. Fire crews responded to the blaze, WANF added.
Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 2, Oct 25, 11:30 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- 1 dead, 2 injured in DeKalb County house fire · WXIA (11Alive NBC)
- DeKalb County neighbors hear explosion before fatal house fire · WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta)
- Crews battle house fire in DeKalb County · WANF (Atlanta News First CBS)
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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