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Woman Who Ran Back Inside Burning West Orange Home To Save Cats Dies Woman Who Ran Back Inside Burning West Orange Home To Save Cats Dies
Woman Who Ran Back Inside Burning West Orange Home To Save Cats Dies A 66-year-old woman died in a weekend fire in West Orange, authorities said. Cynthia Johnson ran back inside her home on Valley Way to try to save her cats as the house burned around 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 20, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Johnson was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston where she was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. that day. The cause and origin of the fire are under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine