‘I Kissed a Girl’ Singer Jill Sobule
Friends Thought She Escaped House Fire With Them …
Racked With Survivor’s Guilt
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Jill Sobule was staying with close friends when a fire broke out at their home … and they believed she was with them while making their escape from the blaze.
The singer/songwriter died Thursday in an early morning house fire while staying with the married couple in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Craig Grossman, Jill’s agent, tells TMZ … the unidentified couple quickly scrambled when they realized the home was on fire — and they thought Jill was with them while they were running out.
It was only after they were safely outside that they realized she was still inside — and by then, the blaze was raging too much to go back for her, Craig tells us.
The couple has no idea what could have caused the fire … and Craig noted that none of the three smoke, and that Jill did not do drugs.
The owners’ home is a complete loss – and they have extreme survivor’s guilt.
A rep for the Ramsey County Medical Examiner in Minnesota tells TMZ … investigators are digging into the cause and manner of Jill’s death — and, a major detail investigators are trying to determine is whether she was still alive when a house fire broke out, where she was later found dead.
The Ramsey County rep also tells us that — in order to figure out if she passed before the fire, or because of it — Jill’s being tested for drugs, alcohol and carbon monoxide poisoning.