LENOIR, N.C. — A smoke detector saved two lives in Caldwell County after a fire heavily damaged a home in Lenoir.
The fire marshal said the two people inside the home were asleep when the fire broke out Sunday night. It’s east of Lenoir along Highway 90.
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Investigators said the two got out safely, but oxygen tanks inside the home along with tires on a car exploded during the fire.
Four fire departments responded to the home.
Investigators don’t believe the fire was intentionally set and say it most likely started on a porch out back.
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