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Woman Killed In South Orange Fire Was Once Victim Of Home Invasion Woman Killed In South Orange Fire Was Once Victim Of Home Invasion
Woman Killed In South Orange Fire Was Once Victim Of Home Invasion The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has identified the victim in a deadly fire in South Orange early Friday. The blaze broke out at 231 Ward Place around 2:40 a.m. The fire left the three-story, single-family home heavily damaged. The victim, 48-year-old Cecelia Cranko, was found on the home’s top floor and was pronounced dead at the scene.  There were no other occupants in the home when firefighters arrived and no one else was injured, the prosecutor's office said.  Two years ago Cranko told WABC 7 News she had been attacked by a man in the Ward Place home. She was on the top…

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by Paul Milo
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UPDATE: Victim In S. Orange House Fire Was Once Attacked In The Home UPDATE: Victim In S. Orange House Fire Was Once Attacked In The Home
Update: Victim In S. Orange House Fire Was Once Attacked In The Home UPDATE, 10:35 p.m. July 5: The victim in Friday's fire has been identified. Click here for more.  A person died in a fire that broke out at a home in South Orange early Friday morning, authorities said.  The fire, at a home on Ward Place, started shortly before 3 a.m. Video from the scene shows both floors of the home heavily damaged by fire.  The Essex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating. The identity of the victim has not yet been released. A spokesman said early Friday afternoon that next of kin had yet to be notified.  Check back for updates. 

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by Paul Milo