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The local Red Cross is assisting a Lamar County family of five who lost everything in a fire at their home on CR 43200 over the weekend. Firefighters from Powderly, Faught, Chicota, Lamar Point and Hopewell battled the blaze for about 3 hours. The family made it out of the fire safely, but the family pets perished in the blaze. It’s believed that an electric heater may have caused the fire.