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Fire leaves one dead in Clay County

LIZEMORES, W.Va. — An early morning fire in Clay County left one dead and another severely injured.

The flames were showing when volunteer firemen from the Clay Volunteer Fire Department and Lizemores Volunteer Fire Department arrived on the scene around 6 a.m. The blaze was in a house on Little Sycamore Road.

A second victim was pulled from the fire and flowing to a hospital in the region, Their condition remains unknown.

Names of the victims have not been released.





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