BROOKPORT, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a teenager died in a house fire near the far southern Illinois town of Brookport.
Massac County Sheriff’s Department investigator Chad Kaylor tells KFVS-TV that the 13-year-old victim was home alone when the fire broke out Sunday night.
The teenager died Monday at a hospital in Paducah, Ky.
Kaylor says the cause of the fire is being investigated, though preliminary indications that electrical issues may have sparked the blaze.
The victim’s name has not been released.
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Information from: KFVS-TV, https://www.kfvs12.com
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