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5 left without home after Columbia fire
Posted: 08.03.2011 at 12:15 PM
Updated: 08.03.2011 at 5:50 PM
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 / Hank MacDonald
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COLUMBIA (WACH) -- A Wednesday morning house fire has left five people displaced in Columbia.

Officials with the Columbia-Richland County Fire Department say they were called to a blaze at 5000 Baine Street around 10:30 a.m.

No injuries have been reported and the American Red Cross is working with the family to find a place to stay.

Investigators say electrical problems were the cause of the fire that caused around $50,000 in damage.

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