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CDF Reports City's First Fire Fatality Of 2016

Columbus fire officials have identified the west side man who died Thursday night after jumping from a window to escape a house fire. Authorities say 37-year-old Joshua Blair died at a hospital of head injuries. He was hospitalized after jumping from a second floor window of an Autumn Village Drive home. It's the first fire-related death in Columbus in 2017. Last year, there were 11.

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.
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