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Victim Of Fatal Fire Identified

newarkadvocate.com

Fire officials have identified the man killed in a house fire Tuesday night in Licking County's Union Township. 46-year-old James Tapia was killed. A firefighter sustained a broken leg after slipping on ice at the scene. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.