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Fire leaves two homeless, kills two dogs
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The Long County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is based in Ludowici.

A mobile home fire on Zip Lane has left two adults displaced and two dog deceased.
According to Long County Fire Department Chief Chris Moss, units were dispatched to the home on the 100 block of Zip Lane Saturday shortly after 1:30 a.m. When firefighters arrived, the home was estimated to have been 40 percent involved in flames.
Moss said heavy smoke and flames were coming from the front of the single wide mobile home.
Once the fire was extinguished, fire fighters discovered two deceased dogs. The occupants of the home were not home at the time.
Long State Prison, Walthourville Fire Department, Long County Sheriff’s Office, Ludowici Police Department and Excelsior Ambulance all responded. Red Cross has been notified.
The cause of the fire is under investigation

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Richmond Hill native member of flight crew in mid-air collision
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Sam Lilley's father posted this picture on Facebook of his son. Sam Lilley was the first officer on an American Airlines flight that collided with a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter while on approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night.

A Richmond Hill High School graduate was among two pilots killed in Wednesday night’s fatal accident between a U.S. military helicopter and a passenger jet near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.


Sam Lilley was a First Officer on the American Airlines flight, according to his father Tim, who expressed his sorrow and condolences in a post on Facebook:


“I was so proud when Sam became a pilot,” Tim Lilley wrote. “Now it hurts so bad I can’t even cry myself to sleep. I know I’ll see him again but my heart is breaking.”


Sam Lilley went to Richmond Hill High School and graduated from Georgia Southern University.


Mayor Russ Carpenter, who also currently teaches U.S. Government classes at Richmond Hill High School, expressed his condolences in a statement:


“We are saddened by the news of Richmond Hill native Sam Lilley,” Carpenter wrote. “Many people at RHHS have fond memories of him. We are praying for his family and fiancé.”


The midair collision killed all 67 people aboard both aircrafts, according to the Associated Press, and marks the deadliest U.S. air crash since 2001.

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