Fort Myers woman, 58, killed in Tuesday house fire

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FORT MYERS, Fla. The body of a 58-year-old woman killed in a house fire was identified Wednesday afternoon, the South Trail Fire & Rescue District said.

Tamela Sweeley-Bissonnette perished in the fire Tuesday afternoon at a home on the 6000 block of Scott Lane, according to fire officials. Her service dog was also found dead.

“They found her service dog huddled in the corner of a cupboard so I figured he tried to wake her and couldn’t,” Sweely-Bissonnette’s daughter-in-law, Jennie Sweeley said.

The fire reignited early Wednesday morning, fire officials said. The flames of the original fire began burning around 11 a.m., and firefighters were able to extinguish the flames just before 12 p.m.

“It’s a great loss,” Sweeley said. “The one thing we are hoping and praying for is that she was asleep when this happened, that she did not suffer.”

The circumstances leading up to the fire remain unclear and are under investigation.

 

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