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Fire destroys Franklin Township home

Firefighters extinguished a fire in Franklin Township on Saturday but not before it destroyed a home. One witness says the family who lived there escaped shortly before the house was engulfed in flames.

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Apr 11, 2015, 9:24 PM

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