{"id":189145,"date":"2010-01-16T21:59:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T02:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=10469"},"modified":"2010-01-16T21:59:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T02:59:24","slug":"officials-investigate-fatal-wheaton-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/189145","title":{"rendered":"Officials investigate fatal Wheaton fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authorities this morning are investigating a fire in a Wheaton apartment building that left one man dead.<\/p>\n

At 1:10 a.m. firefighters were called to a building in the 1700 block of East 22nd Street, according to a statement from the Wheaton Fire Department.<\/p>\n

When they arrived, smoke was coming from the two-story building and they found a small fire burning in a lower-level apartment.<\/p>\n

The fire was put out quickly, the statement said, and several people from the seven-unit building were taken to a local hospital for minor injuries.<\/p>\n

During their search, the firefighters found the man, already dead.<\/p>\n

No one else was in the man’s apartment, said Wheaton Deputy Police Chief Tom Meloni.<\/p>\n

The DuPage County Coroner’s office is working to confirm the man’s identity through dental records. The man is believed to have been in his 20s, Meloni said.<\/p>\n

Police, the fire department and the DuPage Fire Investigation Task Force are investigating the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n

“Preliminary investigation revealed no evidence of criminal activity, but we have to wait for the coroner to determine the cause and manner of death,” said Meloni.<\/p>\n

An autopsy was scheduled for this morning.
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