21-Year-Old Woman Dies in House Fire Months Before She Was Set to Graduate College

A 21-year-old woman who was just months away from graduating college died in a house fire on Christmas Eve.

The Needham, Massachusetts, fire started just before 5 a.m. local time on Wednesday, Dec. 24. It “appears to have started in the home’s garage and the preliminary evidence suggests an accidental cause,” according to a press release from Needham Fire Chief Thomas Conroy, Needham Police Chief John Schlittler, State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine, and Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey.

Two adults inside the home at 28 Woodworth Road escaped the four-alarm blaze, but one person—later identified as Kayla Corrigan—was found dead inside…

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