“Her absence has left a space that can never be filled,” Kayla Corrigan’s loved ones said
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- Syracuse University Senior Kayla Corrigan was killed in a n house fire on Christmas Eve
- Corrigan, 21, was set to graduate this spring with a degree in marketing management
- “We haven’t determined the cause of this fire yet, but we know that tragedies like this one are most common in the winter months,” officials said
A 21-year-old woman who was just months away from graduating college was killed in a house fire on Christmas Eve.
The Needham fire began just before 5 a.m. local time on Wednesday and “appears to have started in the home’s garage and the preliminary evidence suggests an accidental cause,” Needham Fire Chief Thomas Conroy, Needham Police Chief John Schlittler, State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine, and Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey said in a press release.
Two adults in the home at 28 Woodworth Road were able to escape the four-alarm fire, but a victim — later identified as Kayla Corrigan — was found dead inside…