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The Rock County Medical Examiner is releasing the name of the 58-year-old Janesville man who died in a residential fire this week.

The Janesville Fire Department responded to the fire in the 1000 block of South Peal Street just after midnight Monday morning.

Firefighters arrived to find a porch on fire with heavy flames throughout the structure and one occupant, Steven J. Stephenson unaccounted for.

First responders located and removed Stephenson from the structure, but he died from injuries sustained in the fire.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but fire officials estimate the damage at close to $100,000.

 

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