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Sheriff: NE Kansas woman dies after stove sets her clothes on fire

JACKSON COUNTY — A Kansas woman has died from injuries in a Friday fire at a home in Jackson County.

Just before 8 a.m., first responders were dispatched to a home in the 600 Block Commercial Street in Netawaka, according to a media release.

A woman identified as Catherine A. Duncan, 75, was badly burned from a fire in a cooking stove. The open flames ignited her clothing.  The stove was being used to heat the residence.  Life Star Air Ambulance airlifted Duncan to the University of Kansas Medical Center Burn Unit. She was pronounced dead at 9:25 p.m. Friday, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

The residential structure was not damaged in the fire.

The Netawaka, Whiting, Fire Departments responded to the scene as well as Jackson County EMS and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

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