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Woman who died after house fire in St. Louis County identified

She was identified Tuesday as Darlene Honkey. She was 86 years old.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A woman died after a house fire early Tuesday morning in St. Louis County.

Officers from the St. Louis County Police Department's North County Precinct responded to a fire alarm at 10000 block of Castle Drive around 2:30 a.m. and found the house on fire.

Crews knocked the fire down pretty quickly, a firefighter said. A woman was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

She was identified Tuesday as Darlene Honkey. She was 86 years old.

There is no word yet on what may have caused the fire, but the St. Louis County Police Department said the fire does not appear to be suspicious.

The county's Bureau of Crimes Against Persons and the Arson and Explosives Unit are investigating.

Anyone with information is asked to call the department at 636-529-8210 or CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-TIPS(8477).

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