SUDDEN VALLEY, Wash. (AP) - Authorities in northwestern Washington state say a 58-year-old woman is dead following a house fire in Sudden Valley.
Authorities say an autopsy showed that Elizabeth Wilkenson suffocated in the fire on Saturday.
Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo tells The Bellingham Herald (https://bit.ly/2kHfiMd) that two others in the house escaped the fire and were taken to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and burns.
Their names and ages haven’t been released.
Elfo says officials are investigating to determine the cause of the fire. A damage estimate wasn’t available.
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Information from: The Bellingham Herald, https://www.bellinghamherald.com
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