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Fire guts Smithfield farmhouse

Johnston County sheriff's deputies closed off Crantock Road while multiple fire departments fought to put out the fire and hot spots.

Posted 2009-03-10T20:59:23+00:00 - Updated 2009-03-10T20:59:21+00:00

Hi,
We live down the street from the house that burned down on Crantock Rd in Smithfield today. We spoke with the renter of the house who barely got out with her two young grandaughters. They are fine.

There were 2 cats and a dog inside the home. The cats didn't make it. The dog hasn't been found. The two dogs outside the home were saved.

We have video of the developing fire.

Fire destroyed a 150-year-old farm house near Smithfield Tuesday afternoon.

Johnston County sheriff's deputies closed off Crantock Road while multiple fire departments fought to put out the fire and hot spots.

WRAL viewer Marianne Rapp lives nearby. She e-mailed that the woman who lived there got out safely with her two granddaughters.

The Johnston County Sheriff's Office had no official word on a cause or injuries.