ASHLAND, Neb. (AP) - Authorities in eastern Nebraska have identified a woman killed in apartment fire this week.
The fire broke out before dawn Tuesday morning in an apartment near downtown Ashland. Saunders County Attorney Joseph Dobesh said Jeanette Morley, 69, died at a Lincoln hospital from injuries she sustained in the fire, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. No other injuries were reported.
Dobesh said an autopsy was to be performed on Wednesday. The Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire, but investigators say the fire is believed to have been accidental.
Ashland is about 30 miles southwest of Omaha.
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