Body found in rubble of Portsmouth home destroyed by fire
Police still investigating
PORTSMOUTH — A body was found during the search through the remains of one of the homes destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning.
"We did discover a body, but we have no identification yet," Fire …
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Body found in rubble of Portsmouth home destroyed by fire
Police still investigating
PORTSMOUTH — A body was found during a search through the rubble of one of the homes destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning in Common Fence Point.
"We did discover a body, but we have no identification yet," Fire Chief Michael Cranson said during a phone interview shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Neither the sex nor the approximate age of the deceased could be immediately determined, Chief Cranson said.
Two homes were destroyed and a third badly damaged in the fire, which started sometime after 2 a.m. Wednesday. The three homes sat side by side on the east side of Narragansett Boulevard, overlooking the Sakonnet River.
Chief Cranson said the body was found in "the middle home."
"The Portsmouth Police are working in conjunction with the Rhode Island State Fire Marshal’s office and the Rhode Island Medical Examiner’s office to investigate the incident and to identify the remains," Portsmouth Police Detective Lt. Michael Arnold said in a prepared statement. "The cause of the fire remains under investigation."
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