One person found dead in Grand Rapids House Fire

GRAND RAPIDS, Mi.  One person was found dead after a house fire on Grand Rapids northeast side Sunday morning.

Firefighters were called to the 2100 block of Oakwood Ave NE just after 11 a.m. Sunday morning on a report of smoke coming from the house.

After the fire was extinguished firefighters found the person deceased.  No name has been released at this time.

An autopsy will be conducted to determine precisely how the individual died.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. The Grand Rapids Police Department’s Major Case Team along with the fire department’s arson investigators are looking into it.

Anyone with information about the fire is asked to call detectives at 616.456.3380 or Silent Observer at 616.774.2345.

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John Rothwell currently resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is a freelance photojournalist and reporter. In December of 2017, he finished his Communications Degree at Grand Valley State University and is currently working on adding a second degree in Multimedia Journalism. In addition to his academic work, he contributes photos, photo essays and local news coverage to The Rapidian, a hyperlocal citizen journalism platform, powered by the people of Grand Rapids. John believes that everyone has a story to tell and that story needs to be told in a medium that best suits the situation, either in photos, video, audio, word or a mixture of all. People must be informed on events happening in and around their lives and have their voices heard.

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