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Woman Found Dead After House Fire
By: Heartland News

PADUCAH, Ky. - Authorities found a woman dead after a house fire in Paducah Tuesday night.

Sheila Roberts, 57, died of smoke inhalation.  She was found in the living room at the home on Valley Road.

Paducah Fire Marshall Steve Kyle says it appears she was trying to escape the home at the time.  He's narrowed the cause of the fire to an electric blanket or the outlet it was plugged into.

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