Family Displaced After Fire Guts Home

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NEWTON GROVE – Three adults and two children were displaced by flames that heavily damaged their doublewide mobile home. It happened around 9:00pm Wednesday in the 7900 block of US 701 South near Marler Road, in southern Johnston County.

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Firefighters from Bentonville, Newton Grove, Meadow, and Strickland’s Crossroads were on the scene along with the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, Johnston County Fire Marshal’s Office, and Johnston County EMS.

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One resident was transported to the hospital for evaluation.  The others were checked out at the scene and released.

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The Red Cross is assisting the family. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.