PRINCETON, Iowa (AP) - Eastern Iowa officials are investigating the death of a person whose body was found in the rubble of a house fire.
The Scott County Sheriff’s Office says the fire was reported early Monday morning at a rural Princeton home.
Arriving firefighter found the house fully engulfed in flames, and firefighters and emergency crews from seven different departments responded to the scene.
After the fire was extinguished, a search of the debris turned up a body. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday.
Officials have not released the name of the victim.
The fire and death remain under investigation.
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