Residents of a Powers Avenue home in Tallassee are combing through the ashes looking for anything left following an early Friday morning fire.
According to Elmore County 911 dispatch data, a call was placed to the dispatch center in Tallassee via 911 at 4:15 a.m. When the firefighters arrived, the home was engulfed in flames.
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