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Man found dead in Tampa house fire

Police detained a person after the man’s body was found in the home that caught fire in Old Seminole Heights late Monday.
A man was found dead inside a home that caught fire in Tampa's Old Seminole Heights neighborhood late Monday, police said.
A man was found dead inside a home that caught fire in Tampa's Old Seminole Heights neighborhood late Monday, police said. [ Photo illustration| Times ]
Published Sept. 19

The Tampa Police Department is investigating the death of man whose body was found inside an Old Seminole Heights home that caught fire Monday.

Police and Tampa Fire Rescue responded to a house fire in the 1000 block of Crenshaw Street at 11:15 p.m. Monday. While assisting people out of the home, officials found a man dead inside.

The man’s cause of death has not yet been determined, police said. One person was detained at the scene in connection with the fire, which police said does not appear to be a random act.

No other information has been released.