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Middle Georgia woman dies two days after house fire in southeast Macon

A 69-year-old woman died Sunday, two days after she was critically injured in a house fire in southeast Macon.

Amanda Williams was pronounced dead about 11 p.m. at an Augusta hospital where she was being treated for burns, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said.

The fire happened Friday in the 500 block of Villa Crest Avenue, a few blocks east of Houston Avenue and Pendleton Homes.

Jones said someone pulled Williams from the flames but further details about the blaze were not immediately available.

This story was originally published March 29, 2021 at 10:35 AM.

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Joe Kovac Jr. writes about local news and features for The Telegraph, with an eye for human-interest stories. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. He joined the Telegraph in 1991 after graduating from the University of Georgia. As a Pulliam Fellowship recipient in 1991, Joe worked for the Indianapolis News. His stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Atlanta Magazine. He has been a Livingston Award finalist and won numerous Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press awards.
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