SHAWANO - Authorities say smoke and soot inhalation killed a woman after fire broke out in her Shawano home.

Forty-nine-year-old Dawn Schutt was found inside the two-story home where the fire was reported by neighbors early Thursday.

Shawano County Coroner Mike Jesse said Schutt collapsed only steps from the exit. He said she died of smoke and soot inhalation.

Authorities said the victim's 18-year-old son, Zachary, escaped from the blaze and was treated at a hospital and released.

The cause remained under investigation.

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