GENERATOR FIRE DESTROYS HOME Generator Fire Destroys Home In Lincoln County
Reported by: Dan Matics
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Reported: Jul. 14, 2012 6:54 PM EDT
Updated: Jul. 15, 2012 5:00 PM EDT
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Alkol
, Lincoln County
, West Virginia
Last month's massive statewide power outages left hundreds of thousands in the dark, but it left one family in Lincoln County without a home.
Dennis and Rose Adkins, lost everything except the lives of their family, when their house in the Alkol area went up in flames.
The Adkins Family says the generator they were using during the power outage caught fire late one night.
Thirteen extended family members were staying there during the outage, as it was the only family home with a generator.
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