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Resident safe as fire destroys Gainesville home
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A Gainesville resident escaped unharmed as fire destroyed a home Wednesday afternoon on Juniper Court. The Gainesville Fire Department responded about 4:40 p.m., Fire Chief Jerome Yarbrough said, to find the home 70 percent involved with flames. The resident was at home but escaped without injury, Yarbrough said.