DESOTO, Mo. — A fire early Thursday at a Jefferson County home left a woman dead, fire officials said.
According to the Jefferson County Fire Department, a two-alarm fire broke out after midnight Thursday at a home located in the 4300 block of Dock Drive in DeSoto.
A woman was killed in the fire, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office confirmed. She was identified Tuesday as 88-year-old Sally Bene, who lived in the home.
The sheriff's office said its fire investigator believes the fire started accidentally in a bedroom, though the exact cause is undetermined. It was not considered suspicious.
As of Tuesday, the exact cause of the fire remained unknown, and Bene's cause of death was still pending.
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