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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Sun-Times Wire

1 dead in NW Indiana fire

A male was pronounced dead after a fire in Dyer, Indiana on Aug. 5, 2019. | Sun-Times file photo

A person died early Monday in a fire in northwest Indiana.

The Lake County coroner’s office was called about 2:20 a.. to a location of a fire at a home in the 7900 block of Rhode Court in Dyer, the office said in a statement.

A male, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead about 4 a.m., the coroner’s office said. Autopsy results were pending Monday afternoon.

The Dyer Fire Department has not replied to a request for details.

The Indiana State Fire Marshall responded to the scene, the coroner’s office said.

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