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UPS driver Paul Pereira spotted flames leaping across a front porch of a house along his route in Haverhill while making his final delivery Monday.
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“I just ran over, banged on the door, told the people in the house, ‘Your house (is) on fire!'” he said.
Brian Lavender, the homeowner, said his wife and daughter were inside the house at the time. They thought the smell was someone in the neighborhood using a grill.
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