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Names of Weatherly Fire Victims Released

Names of Weatherly Fire Victims Released - Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 5:22PM EST

Reported by: Eyewitness News
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 @ 05:22pm EST
WEATHERLY, CARBON COUNTY- Autopsies are complete on the women who died in a Carbon County fire. They were trapped inside their apartment house in Weatherly after it caught fire early Monday morning.

The coroner performed autopsies on 84-year-old Mary Hoffman and her 43-year old daughter Julie Young. They died from breathing in too much smoke.

We also know state police questioned a man who survived the fire. Troopers aren't releasing his name and haven't ruled on the cause of the fire.