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Wife Sets Herself On Fire To 'Show' Husband

POSTED: Tuesday, February 20, 2007

A fight between a married couple ended in a death in Southwest Miami-Dade.

Sky 10 was above a home on fire in the area of Southwest 142nd Avenue and 38th Street. Police said they believed a woman set herself on fire in a fit of rage in the couple's garage after telling her husband during a marital spat, "I'll show you."

She died at the scene, Local 10 learned.

Her husband has been transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.

Names of the victims were not released.

Copyright 2007 by Local10.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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