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UPDATE: Wife Recounts Narrow Escape From Deadly Sagaponack Blaze

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Narrow Lane in Sagaponack remains closed following a Saturday morning fire. BY LAURA WEIR

Narrow Lane in Sagaponack remains closed following a Saturday morning fire. BY LAURA WEIR

A fire destroyed a house on Narrow Lane East in Sagaponack early Saturday morning killing a 71-year-old man. LAURA WEIR

A fire destroyed a house on Narrow Lane East in Sagaponack early Saturday morning killing a 71-year-old man. LAURA WEIR

A fire destroyed a house on Narrow Lane East in Sagaponack early Saturday morning killing a 71-year-old man. LAURA WEIR

A fire destroyed a house on Narrow Lane East in Sagaponack early Saturday morning killing a 71-year-old man. LAURA WEIR

A fire destroyed a house on Narrow Lane East in Sagaponack early Saturday morning killing a 71-year-old man. LAURA WEIR LAURA WEIR

A fire destroyed a house on Narrow Lane East in Sagaponack early Saturday morning killing a 71-year-old man. LAURA WEIR LAURA WEIR

authorErin McKinley on Mar 8, 2014
UPDATE: Tuesday, 4:45 p.m. The second occupant of the Sagaponack home that went up in flames early Saturday morning, Lovella Beres, escaped serious injury despite trying desperately to save her... more

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