Woman Dies And Man Injured In House Fire In Yelleville Tuesday

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One person was killed and one injured in a house fire early Tuesday morning in Yelleville. The cause of a deadly house fire is under investigation but they believed it was an electrical fire that started near the breaker box. . Authorities say an adult female died and an adult male was flown to a Springfield hospital with critical injuries. The call came in at one o’clock Tuesday morning to the 900 block of north Wickersham. The fire destroyed the house, damaged a nearby camper and burnt the siding of the house next door. The victim’s name hasn’t been released.