Coroner’s office IDs victim of duplex fire in Urbana

One person was killed and another person was injured after a duplex caught fire in Urbana early Sunday morning.

According to a social media post from the Urbana Fire Division, firefighters were called to respond to a report of a fire with possible entrapment off West Ward Street shortly before 4 a.m.

Upon arrival, crews were met with heavy fire on one side of a duplex and one person injured outside.

The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment. In addition to the injured person that was outside, one person was killed inside the structure, according to the post.

The Champaign County Coroner’s Office has identified the person killed in the fire as 51-year-old Valorie A. Jones.

The Red Cross assisted with the basic needs of six people who were displaced by the fire, the post said.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office is completing the investigation.