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Four adults, including Houle, his son and two friends, were in the home on Kara Court at the time of the fire. Houle’s son’s friend heard the smoke detector going off and alerted others, fire officials said. Janozik said someone in the home tried to put out the fire, but were unable to control the blaze.

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