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Elkins woman dies after fire

The Inter-Mountain photo by Taylor McKinnie This residence on Patricia Avenue in Elkins caught fire on Dec. 22, which led to the death of an Elkins woman on Monday.

ELKINS — An Elkins woman passed away Monday after sustaining injuries from a fire at her residence on Patricia Avenue.

Jessica Leigh Knox, 47, was injured in a fire at her home on Dec. 22. She died Monday at West Penn Hospital Burn Center in Pittsburgh, where she was being treated.

The Elkins Fire Department and Randolph County Emergency Squad responded to a fire at 210 Patricia Ave. at 8:13 a.m. on Dec. 22, Elkins Fire Department Lieutenant Andrew Roth told The Inter-Mountain Tuesday.

The front of the home was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, Roth said. Knox was the only person present in the home.

“We began to start extinguishing the fire and (Knox) happened to be in there,” Roth told The Inter-Mountain on Tuesday. “She was in towards the back of the house and she was rescued, then turned over to EMS care.”

Knox was taken to Davis Medical Center in Elkins before being airlifted to West Penn Hospital Burn Center later in the day, Roth said.

The cause of the fire is being investigated by the State Fire Marshal’s Office, officials said.

The home was deemed to be a total loss.

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