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Ga. Woman Burned in House Explosion

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Oct. 21--Helen Newberry had been trying to light her propane heater for hours Sunday.

When the elderly southwest Bibb County woman finally lit it shortly after 9 p.m. her whole house exploded, severely burning her face, head and hands.

"It just obliterated her house," Macon-Bibb County Fire Chief Marvin Riggins said.

The four walls blew out, her toilet and bathroom sink crumbled, and her window blinds flew about 20 feet away...

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