Woman dies in North Tampa house fire
[Brent Fries puts up plywood on the home owned by his brother in law after a fire destroyed it, killing the friend of a tenant inside. Kathleen Flynn, Times]
Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused an overnight house fire that claimed one life and heavily damaged a North Tampa home.
Fire crews arrived at 1306 E Poinsettia Ave. about 1:20 a.m. and began battling the flames that had overtaken the single-story home. Once inside, they found the body of a 47-year-old woman, Tampa Fire Rescue spokesman Capt. Bill Wade said.
Authorities said identification of the body may rely on the outcome of a medical examiner’s report on the cause of death.
Wade said the cause of the fatal fire remains under investigation, but does not appear suspicious.
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Casey Cora, Times staff writer