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Victim in Tazewell County Fatal Fire Identified
Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 ; 05:11 PM | View Comments | Post Comment
Updated Thursday, November 19, 2009; 11:26 AM

The Tazewell County Sheriff's Department said Donald Beverly Bennett, 70, of Bluefield, Va., was killed when his house burned.

BLUEFIELD, Va. -- Tazewell County deputies said a home on Big Branch Road in Bluefield, Virginia, burned Friday night.

They confirmed that Donald Beverly Bennet, 70, died in the fire. He was the owner of the home.

A woman was injured in the house fire. Investigators said she suffered burns and remains hospitalized.

Deputies said it appears the fire was caused by a wood-burning stove. It has been ruled accidental.

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c.h.
11/18/09 at 7:01 PM

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just like to say that donald bennett's age is posted wrong he was 77 and that his family will miss him very much. he was a very good man.

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