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

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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, officials said Tuesday.

Firefighters in northwest Georgia were called at 11:58 p.m. on Oct. 17 and rushed to 28 Rowlls Road, where they found the structure completely engulfed by flames, Lyerly Fire Chief Tim Deberry told NBC News.

James and Larita Burke, their 11 adopted children and one grandchild made it out safely with a helping hand from 37-year-old motorist Casey Sparks, officials said.

Sparks had been playing softball that day in Dalton, Georgia, and was headed home to Concord, Alabama, when his GPS kept putting him on Georgia State Route 114, a highway he had not used on the way up.

“I redid my GPS like two or three times and it kept telling me to go that way,” Sparks told NBC News. “So it’s like ‘All right, I guess we’re going this way.’”

James and Larita Burke outside of their home after the fire.…

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