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Wilcox County brothers die in fire
Posted: 09.29.2009 at 10:29 AM
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Fire officials say T.J. and Olan Watson died Saturday night after firefighters pulled them from a burning house

Source: Cordele Dispatch
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Fire officials say two Wilcox County men died in a Saturday night fire.

Pitts Fire Chief Shawn Coker say firefighters pulled brothers T.J. and Olan Watson out of a burning home on Cemetery Road. Coker says both men died on the scene.

The state fire marshal is investigating how the fire started.

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