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Investigation continues in Champaign fire that killed 2

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A second person has died in a weekend fire in Champaign that remains under investigation.

The (Champaign) News-Gazette (bit.ly/1LSsgzW ) reports that 26-year-old Sara Shuler died Saturday afternoon at an area hospital.

Twenty-three-year-old Christian Sheehan was pronounced dead at another Champaign hospital early Saturday morning.

The city fire department has not yet released a cause of the 4:15 a.m. fire, which was contained within 40 minutes.

Victim autopsies are planned for Monday.

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