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Five dead in Garland County fires

At first glance, this Channel 4 story sounds like something more is at work than a terribly tragic accident.

Four dead in a house fire in Pearcy. A fifth person dead in a separate house nearby. A car belonging to the owners of the burned house found burning across town.

Posted by Max Brantley on November 12, 2009 09:31 AM | Permalink

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I go through Pearcy all the time (like tomorrow, on my way to jazzytown) and there's not much there.

Posted by: Cato | November 12, 2009 11:50 AM

Ya gotta beat the bushes, Cato, to get all the rednecks to come crawling out.
Anyone wanna bet drugs are involved??

Posted by: jazzy | November 12, 2009 12:43 PM

What an amazing set of coincidences.

Posted by: Whoscrumdown | November 12, 2009 01:28 PM

Are you FN kidding me.. that girl was one of my friends.. and no they weren't rednecks!? Seriously, have a heart.. that's a little bit rediculos. No they definetly weren't rednecks.. so keep your snide comments to yourself, kthanks.

Posted by: tiffanysenior08 | November 14, 2009 12:34 AM

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