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IMPD: Person found dead in east side home following fire

Fire crews responded to a home in the 2200 block of North Arlington Avenue shortly after 4 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — Police and fire officials are investigating after a male was found dead in a home on Indianapolis' east side following a fire Friday morning.

Shortly after 4 a.m., fire crews responded to a home in the 2200 block of North Arlington Avenue, just north of East 21st Street, for a report of a residence fire with possible entrapment.

There they found the male, whose identity has not been shared by authorities, dead inside the home and determined there had been a fire. 

An investigation will try to determine whether the male died before or as a result of the fire.  

Arson and homicide investigators responded to the scene. 

The cause of the fire is also under investigation.

There were no other injuries reported.

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