By Eric Stock
CLINTON – DeWitt County Coroner Randall Rice said a Clinton woman was found dead following a house fire early Friday morning.
Emergency crews who were called to the scene of the fire at 1:39 a.m. reported finding a woman inside who could not be revived. She has been identified as 81-year-old Annie Lucille Bolan. Rice said she was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:05 a.m.
An autopsy will be scheduled. The DeWitt County Coroner’s Office, Clinton police and fire departments and the Illinois State Fire Marshall are investigating the death.
Eric Stock can be reached at eric.stock@cumulus.com.