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Woman Dies In Dundalk Apartment Fire

DUNDALK, Md. (WJZ) -- A 59-year-old woman has died following an apartment fire in Dundalk on New Year's Day.

The flames started in a first floor apartment in the 2800 block of Dunlawn Court. Fire crews were called out to the scene at 9:40 p.m.

Firefighters found Lillian Lyman Lindeman unresponsive as her apartment filled with smoke.

Lindeman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Another person was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Investigators found that the fire started when "smoking materials ignited combustible items."

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