Senior Citizen Dies / Mt. Vernon Fire

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Senior citizen dies in overnight fire in Mount Vernon

(Original publication: February 4, 2007)

A resident of a senior citizens' complex died after an overnight fire tore through their S. 5th Avenue building, fire officials confirmed this morning.

Report of a working structure fire at 150 S. 5th Ave. came in around 11 p.m. The location is between 2nd Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard West.

Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Duffy said the fire resulted in a single fatality on the second floor. Further information was not immediately available.