Wednesday, November 19, 2008 East Central Illinois

Blaze in rural Newtown under investigation

By The News-Gazette
Friday, July 4, 2008 7:05 AM CDT

RURAL NEWTOWN – Fire investigators still are trying to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a home north of Newtown early Wednesday morning.

Oakwood firefighters were called to the blaze at 23344 North 900 East Road shortly after midnight. When they arrived, the one-story wood-frame home was engulfed in flames, said Tony Frye, chief of the Oakwood Fire Protection District.

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