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Mechanical Failure
Police & Fire
Investigators ID Appliance That Sparked Fatal Fire In Georgetown, Destroyed Home
A malfunctioning refrigerator is to blame for a four-alarm fire that killed an 80-year-old woman and destroyed a home in Georgetown over the weekend, investigators said. Firefighters were called to the 238 East Main St. home just before 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 22. Three people escaped the flames, but Nancy Holbrook was trapped inside, the State Fire Marshal's Office said. Fire crews pulled her from the house through a second-story window and rushed her to an area hospital, where she died the next morning. Investigators traced the start of the fire to a small refrigerator …