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RICHWOOD — A 73-year-old Richwood woman died as a result of a house fire around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Judith Sadler was found on a couch by firefighters of the Northern Union County Joint Fire District who entered the residence as the fire burned in the basement of the 120 N. Clinton St. residence.
She was transported to Memorial Hospital in Marysville where she was declared dead, the Marysville Journal-Tribune reports.
Investigators believe the fire started in the basement near the furnace and filled the house with smoke. Sadler most likely was overcome by the smoke as she tried to get to her cellular phone.