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Barn fire displaces family in Lancaster County

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EARLY TOWNSHIP, Pa (WHTM) — A family is out of their home after a fire on Saturday, Jan.22 in Earl Township, Lancaster County.

According to our media partners at Lancaster Online, the fire started in a barn on their property just after noon, which then spread to the home on Red Well Road about three miles south of New Holland.

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Both the home and the barn were destroyed, causing an estimated $900,000 in damage and forcing out five residents. Nobody was home at the time of the fire, but a dog might have been killed.

The fire chief says a wood stove in the barn may be to blame, and says the fire does not seem suspicious.