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Updated: 5:08 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 | Posted: 1:03 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, 2012

1 killed in Belmont Co. fire

By NEWS9

SHADYSIDE, Ohio —


One person was killed in a fire early Monday in Belmont County.

Ohio State Fire Marshal public information officer Shane Cartmill said the victim was not identified as of 2 p.m. and an autopsy will likely be performed.

The fire was reported to Belmont County 911 around 9 a.m. at a trailer on Wegee Road in Shadyside.

State Fire Marshal investigators arrived at the scene around 11:30 a.m. and are working with local authorities on the investigation.

Cartmill said the cause of the blaze was not immediately known.

Sheriff Fred Thompson, Belmont County detectives and a Bureau of Criminal Investigation unit are also at the scene and crime scene tape has also been put up.

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