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Elderly woman dies in house fire sparked by heater

An elderly woman was found dead inside her Michigan home after her house caught fire Thanksgiving Day.

ROME TOWNSHIP, MI (Toledo News Now) - An elderly woman was found dead inside her Michigan home after her house caught fire Thanksgiving Day.

On Thursday shortly before 10:30 a.m., the Cambridge Township Fire Department was dispatched to a possible structure fire in the 7000 block of Dudley Road in Rome Township. While en route, it was upgraded to a confirmed house fire with the possibility of an occupant still inside.

Upon arrival, crews found the structure 75 percent involved. When firefighters entered the structure, they found the body of a 95-year-old woman who had died during the fire.

Cambridge Township, along with the Michigan State Police Fire Investigative Unit determined the cause of the fire was a kerosene heater located on an enclosed patio at the back of the house.

A total of 37 firefighters assisted. It took crews more than four and a half hours to clear the scene.

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