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Community helps local principal after home catches fire

CHARLOTTE — The home of an elementary school principal caught fire Tuesday night in north Charlotte and strangers are helping her after fire officials estimated the damage to be about $55,000.

At about 7:20 p.m., crews were called to the two-story home on Mallard Green Place.

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Heavy fire was coming from Shannon Hamilton’s house by the time firefighters got there.

Hamilton is the principal at Long Creek Elementary School in Huntersville.

A heater ignited combustibles in the garage, and no one was hurt, investigators said.

The community put together a GoFundMe page for Hamilton to help her and her children rebound from the fire.

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