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SALISBURY (WJZ) — An early morning house fire destroyed a home on the Eastern Shore.

The fire started just before 1 a.m. on Friday morning in the attic of the home on Bryn Mawr Ave. in Salisbury.

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It took more than two dozen firefighters 40 minutes to get the fire under control.

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It caused at least $100,000 in damage.

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The fire is blamed on an electrical shortage.