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December 12, 2006

Family escapes morning house fire in Bristol

BRISTOL – A house fire reported by a neighbor early this morning caused significant damage to a single-family home at 24 Sampson St. and destroyed a couple cars in the driveway.

All the occupants of the house escaped safely, Bristol Police Lt. Nick Guercia said this morning.

Fire crews remain at the house, but the police have left the scene because there “doesn’t appear to be anything suspicious,” Guercia said.

A neighbor called 911 at 6:18 a.m. today. The fire department has learned there was a wood-burning stove in the area of the house where the fire started, but it’s too early to say what caused the fire, Guercia said.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

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