Mail carrier calls 911 after spotting house on fire near Crowders Mountain

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — Firefighters are working to determine what started a fire that destroyed a house in Gaston County early Monday.

Emergency crews were called before dawn to the home along Linwood Road in Crowders Mountain, not far from U.S. 74 and Interstate 85.

Officials told Channel a mail carrier passing by spotted flames coming from the home and called 911.

When Channel 9 crews arrived, smoke could be seen billowing from the house, which is more than 100 years old.

Nobody was inside the home, but the property owner told authorities that he’s had issues with squatters in the past, though it was not clear if that played a role in the fire.

Several fire departments were called to help put out the flames and the fire marshal is still looking into how the blaze started.

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