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<p>PITTSBURGH (AP) &#8212; Authorities say a woman found dead following a suburban Pittsburgh basement fire may have died before the flames broke out.</p><p>Allegheny County officials said the woman&#8217;s husband said he left the Penn Hills home Friday morning to run errands and returned to find smoke coming from the residence.</p><p>Emergency services director Matthew Brown said the man reported the fire shortly after 1 p.m. Friday and said he pulled his wife from the home. Attempts to revive her were unsuccessful.</p><p>Brown said the preliminary investigation indicates that she died before the fire began. Officials said there weren&#8217;t any clear signs of trauma or foul play.</p><p>The medical examiner&#8217;s office identified the woman as 67-year-old Rita Ryan. An autopsy is planned to determine the cause and manner of death.</p><style>
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Official: Suburban Pittsburgh woman may have died before basement fire began