Fire kills 72-year-old woman
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Posted 10:17AM on Sunday 12th May 2002 ( 23 years ago )
ATLANTA - A 72-year-old woman died when fire swept through her southwest Atlanta home, authorities said. <br>
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Ellene Jackson, a retired Atlanta school teacher, was found on the floor of her bedroom. The pre-dawn fire Saturday destroyed more than half of the interior of her home. <br>
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Jackson apparently died of smoke inhalation, Atlanta Fire Department spokeswoman Jolene Butts-Freeman said. <br>
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Investigators are searching for the cause of the fire, which they said appeared to have started in the rear of the house.
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