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Minooka woman dies in house fire · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Minnok A woman dies in house fire. Written by Joey Weslow.
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. The Kendall County Sheriff's Office is
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  Speaker 1: investigating a house fire in which a seventy five year
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  Speaker 1: old woman died on Monday. Charlene R. Smith of Minnuoka
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  Speaker 1: was identified by the Kendall County Coroner's Office. The official
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  Speaker 1: cause and manner of death remain under investigation. The sheriff's
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  Speaker 1: office said it responded around nine forty six am to
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  Speaker 1: a house fire in the one to five thousan zero
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  Speaker 1: block of Hanson Road, an unincorporated Seward township near minnook A.
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  Speaker 1: The Lisbon Seward Fire Protection District also responded to the scene.
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  Speaker 1: The initial dispatch indicated a woman made still be inside
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  Speaker 1: and having difficulty exiting the residents. The Sheriff's office said
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  Speaker 1: upon arrival, first responders found the house completely engulfed in
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  Speaker 1: flames and were unable to enter the house. The Sheriff's
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  Speaker 1: office said firefighters entered the house once the fire had
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  Speaker 1: been contained and Smith was located inside the house. She
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  Speaker 1: was found dead at the scene. The sheriff's office said
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  Speaker 1: the fire is being investigated by the Sheriff's Office in
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  Speaker 1: collaboration with the Lisbon Seward Fire Protection District, the Kendall
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  Speaker 1: County Coroner's Office, and the office of the State Fire
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  Speaker 1: Marshal