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Motorist led astray by GPS in Georgia stumbles upon house fire and saves sleeping family of 14

NBC News27 October 2026, 17:29 UTCGeorgia

A large Georgia family survived flames that completely destroyed their house — thanks to a Good Samaritan who stumbled upon the blaze after his GPS took him a different way home.

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