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Boy, 5, found in Warren woods about 2 hours after going missing

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First responders found a missing 5-year-old child in Warren, Massachusetts, Thursday, hours after he went missing from the backyard of a home, police said Thursday.

The boy went missing about 12:45 p.m. and was found in the woods, apparently okay, about two hours later, state police said. They had asked anyone who saw an unattended child to call 911.

Divers had been called to Southbridge Road on Thursday, according to a regional mutual aid group, Massachusetts Fire District 7, which serves the area. The Auburn Fire Department said it was sending divers.

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