Woman killed in weekend fire identified

CREATED Nov. 7, 2012

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Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- The woman killed in a fire at an apartment complex over the weekend has been identified.

She was 61-year-old Deborah Whitt of Las Vegas.

Whitt was found dead in a fire Saturday night in her apartment on the 6200 block of West Tropicana, between Torrey Pines and South Jones Boulevard.

Neighbors told Action News that Whitt was confined to a wheelchair. They remember her for her kindness to children in the neighborhood.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.