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SOUTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KTVI) – The St. Louis County Police are reporting 89-year-old Albert Grewe died Monday morning after falling into a leaf fire.  Police say a call for a person down on Andora Place was received around 9:30 am.  The man was discover in his backyard badly burned.

Police are investigating the incident as an accident.