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Fire officials say at least 21 people were hurt when a deck collapsed at a cookout in Cherryville, N.C. Fire Chief Jeff Cash says the deck collapsed around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Cash says two people were trapped for a time. …

Fire swept through a family’s home that appeared to have no working smoke detectors early Thursday, killing a couple, their two children and two other children who were sleeping over after a cookout, officials and a neighbor said. Firefighters arrived …