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Clark County coroner identifies 65-year-old man killed in house fire

One man died and one woman was taken to the hospital after a fire in their home in the 1200 block of West Washington Avenue late Wednesday evening. (Justin Yurkanin/Las Vegas Review-Journal file)

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By ANNALISE PORTER LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

March 14, 2014 - 8:37 am

The Clark County coroner’s office has indentified the man who died in a house fire Wednesday night.

Charles Ray Stewart, 65, became trapped in a burning house in the 1200 block of West Washington Avenue, near J Street.

Las Vegas police and firefighters responded to the house about 11 p.m. and found a woman trapped behind a door made of metal bars. Police used bold cutters to free her. She was taken to University Medical Center for smoke inhalation.

Stewart remained trapped in another portion of the house, where all the windows had metal bars on them.

Firefighters found Stewart once they entered the house. Of the responding firefighters, 12 required treatment for smoke inhalation.

Stewart’s official cause and manner of death have not yet been released by the Clark County coroner’s office.

Contact reporter Annalise Porter at aporter@reviewjournal.com.

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