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WESTVILLE, Ill. (WAND) — One man is dead after his home caught fire in Vermilion County Thursday night.

According to the Vermilion County Coroner, 65-year-old Bryan J. Adams died after his house caught fire near the intersection of Sunset Drive and Hickman Street in Westville.

Westville is just under 6 miles south of Danville.

The coroner said the fire happened just before 11:30 p.m. 

It is unclear if anybody else was at the house, or how the fire started.

WAND News has reached out to the Westville Fire Protection District but did not immediately hear back.

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