Crime & Safety
Officials Release Name of Woman Who Died in Leisure World Fire
MCFRS: Cause of fire still unknown.
Fire officials said Debra Yuhas Lee, 63, died in a fire at Leisure World on Wednesday.
What caused the fire is still unknown, though investigators said the fire likely started in an enclosed sunroom and caused $150,000 in damage.
Sprinklers prevented the fire from spreading, according to MCFRS.
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At around 12:30 p.m., firefighters were sent to the 15700 block of Interlachen Drive, where they found flames spewing from the 9th floor of a high rise. It took more than 75 firefighters to extinguish the blaze, an MCFRS spokeswoman told Patch Wednesday.
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