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UPDATE: Coroner identifies body found after house fire

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Posted at 1:09 PM, Nov 24, 2020
and last updated 2020-11-30 15:43:05-05

UPDATE NOV. 30: The Clark County Coroner has identified the woman whose body was found inside the home as 73-year-old Sandra Kay Berge from Las Vegas. Berge's cause of death was inhalation of products of combustion and thermal injuries. Her death was ruled an accident.

ORIGINAL STORY

Clark County Fire Department is on the scene of a deadly fire on the east side of the Las Vegas valley.

The fire department says that they were told when they arrived that a person was inside the two-story home on Jackrabbit Run Avenue near Desert Inn Road and Hollywood Boulevard .

They did a search of the first and second floors and found a person on the second floor. The fire department says the victims is a woman in her 70s.

The fire does not appear to be suspicious at this time.

No other injuries have been reported. The Clark County coroner will release the name of the deceased after notification.