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Two people killed in an Oswego house explosion identified · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Two people killed in an Oswego house explosion identified Written
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  by Eric Shelkoff. This article is being read by an
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  automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The two people
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  found dead following a house explosion in Oswego on Thursday
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  have been identified. James Fitzmaris, Senior, sixty four, and Vergie
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  Fitzmira's sixty two year old died in the fire at
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  two hundred and sixty nine Fox Chase Drive North. They
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  were identified by the Kendall County Coroner's Office. Positive identification,
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  as well as determination of cause and manner of death,
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  will be pending further scientific analysis and a forensic autopsy.
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  The Coroner's office said. An investigation continues into the cause
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  of the fire. At five to two pm Thursday, the
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  Aswego Fire Protection District was dispatched to the two hundred
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  block of Fox Chase Drive North for a reported house
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  explosion with reports of people trapped. According to a news
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  release from the district, Initial crews arrived on scene at
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  five sers six pm and found a two story wood
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  frame house that had collapsed and was fully engulfed in fire.
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  According to the release, firefighters initiated suppression operations and immediate
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  search efforts. The fire district said once the fire was
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  largely extinguished, a natural gas line continued to burn. Nick
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  Er Gas responded with a dig crew and successfully clamped
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  off the gas supply, allowing fire crews to safely continue operations.
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  The fire district said two people were found dead in
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  the debris, later identified as James Fitzmorris, Senior and Vergie Fitzmorris.
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  Fire Crews remained on the scene for an extended period
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  because of the unstable condition of the structure and to
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  assist with the investigation and seeing safety. The fire district
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  said numerous agencies assisted at the scene and with station coverage,
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  including Aurora Fire Department, Aurora Township Fire Protection District, Plainfield
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  Fire Protection District, Montgomery Fire Protection District, Sugar Grove Fire
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  Protection District, Naperville Fire Department, Bolingbrook Fire Department, as well
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  as the Oswego Police Department and the Kendall County Sheriff's Office.
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  Oswego Fire Protection District. Fire investigators are being assisted in
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  the investigation by the Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal,
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  the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and MOBOs Division,
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  fifteen fire investigators,