
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 8, 1995                   TAG: 9503090009
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MONTEREY                                LENGTH: Short

KUBLER-ROSS FIRE PROBABLY BEGAN IN WOOD STOVE

The October fire that destroyed the Headwaters home of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross apparently started accidentally, Highland County Sheriff Herb Lightner says.

``From the evidence that I saw, observed and what was discussed at the fire, it appeared to be accidental,'' Lightner said Tuesday.

Kubler-Ross is internationally known for her books on death and dying and a recent book on life after death.

Lightner said the fire started in the center of the home on the main floor. ``We believe there was a fire in the stove there,'' he said. He said Kubler-Ross had told him there had been a fire in the wood stove the evening before her home burned, but she believed it was out when she left the county later that day.

Kubler-Ross has moved to Arizona, and the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Center at Headwaters is expected to close.

|- Associated Press

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