GPS detour leads Alabama driver to save Georgia family from house fire

Casey Sparks inadvertently ended up in Lyerly, Georgia, where he noticed burning home and helped to save family An Alabama driver’s unintended, GPS-directed detour in Georgia positioned him to help save a couple and a dozen children in their care from a fire that enveloped their

Casey Sparks inadvertently ended up in Lyerly, Georgia, where he noticed burning home and helped to save family An Alabama driver’s unintended, GPS-directed detour in Georgia positioned him to help save a couple and a dozen children in their care from a fire that enveloped their home while they slept recently, according to the family and their rescuer. As he recounted in an interview with television station WRCB that quickly went viral among internet circles dedicated to uplifting news stories, James Burke had fallen asleep in his recliner while his wife, 12 adopted children and one grandchild slept in their beds on the night of 17 October in the community of Lyerly, Georgia. Continue reading...