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Vincennes fire victim identified

Friday, September 25, 2026 at 11:42 AM

By Steve Anderson

Authorities say the female who died following a residential fire earlier this week in Vincennes has been identified.

The Marion County (Ind.) Coroner's Office says that she is 18-year-old Aileese Tucker of Vincennes. 

She died at an Indianapolis hospital after being airlifted there from Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, where she was taken after being discovered inside a home on North 11th Street which caught fire late on Monday, September 21st after it apparently exploded.

The exact cause for the fatal blaze remains under investigation by the Indiana State Fire Marshall's Office and the Vincennes Fire Department.

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