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    1. Community Risk

    Conn. Woman Dies in House Fire

    May 9, 2013
    A woman, thought to be in her 20s, didn't make it out of the Suffield home she was in when it caught fire. Two others did escape without injuries.

    Source The Hartford Courant

    May 09--SUFFIELD -- A woman has died in a fire that heavily damaged a home at 1489 Mapleton Ave. Wednesday night.

    Two people got out of the burning house and were taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.

    Neighbors described the victim as a woman in her 20s who worked at a nearby gas station.

    The fire broke out about 7 p.m. and firefighters were one the scene into early Thursday. The state fire marshal was called in to assist local investigators in finding the cause of the fire.

    Copyright 2013 - The Hartford Courant

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