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Foster Family Saved from House Fire by Stranger Who Got Lost on His Way

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A man named Casey, whose GPS directed him onto the wrong road near Lyerly in Georgia's Chattooga County, discovered a house fire on Saturday night and alerted James and Larita Burke and their 12 children (some adopted, some in foster care) to evacuate before firefighters arrived.

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