Electrical surge causes house fire

Tuesday, June 3, 2008 | 6:48 p.m. CDT; updated 10:44 p.m. CDT, Friday, July 18, 2008

COLUMBIA —Two central Columbia residents, Mareta Hatton and Sergio Turner, awoke to the sound of arcing, popping power lines that led to a fire in their home early Tuesday morning, according to a release from the Columbia Fire Department.

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