A northwest Georgia home where four adults with special needs live was broken into and burned, a fire marshal said.

Two separate fires were set last week at a home on Brookvalley Court in Rome. Fortunately, all of the men living in the group home were away visiting family when the fires occurred.

Neighbor Fred Paul told Channel 2 Action News he doesn’t think anyone from the Floyd County neighborhood purposefully torched the house where his grandson lives.

The Brookvalley Court home had two separate fires set inside after someone broke in. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
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A charity owns the house and opened it two years ago. The community has come to accept “human beings with challenges,” Director Charlie Schroeder told the station.

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