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UPDATE: Westfield House Fire Kills One Person

Westfield

Police are investigating an overnight fire that tore through a Westfield home killing one person.

According to authorities, firefighters responded to the Prospect Street home sometime around 2:46 a.m. for a report of a house fire.

Upon arrival, two residents self-evacuated but a third person was later discovered dead inside the home.

The fire remains under investigation, but officials said it appears that the fire started accidentally in the first-floor living room.

It took crews almost two hours to place the fire under control.

The identity of the person killed is being withheld at this time.

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