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Bellflower man dies in mobile home fire

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A 42-year-old man from Bellflower has died in a mobile home fire.

McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder said Thursday that Lucas Hensley died of smoke and soot inhalation.

Firefighters responded to a structure fire in the 300 block of South State Street in Bellflower just before 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Yoder said there was no altercation, assault or fatal disease. Toxicology tests are pending.

The coroner's office, Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office, and Bellflower Fire Department continue to investigate the incident. Anyone with information about the fire is asked to contact detective Rivera at (309) 888-4940.

WGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker has spent more than three award-winning decades in radio. He lives in Normal with his family.