By Associated Press - Monday, December 18, 2017

METAIRIE, La. (AP) - Authorities are trying to determine the cause of a fatal weekend house fire in a New Orleans suburb.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that the fire happened early Sunday.

Firefighters found a woman’s body after extinguishing flames that had fully engulfed a house in Metairie (MEHT’-uh-ree).



The identity of the woman was being withheld while relatives were notified. An autopsy was planned.

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