In the early hours of Tuesday morning, March 26, one of the older houses in Maricopa burned. The house, located at 44390 W. Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway near the overpass construction area, burned through the wee hours of the morning, shutting down the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway until about 8 a.m. as Maricopa Fire/Medical Department investigated. No one was injured in the blaze.
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