WOMAN DIES IN SMOKE-FILLED SALEM HOME
Posted: July 6th, 2011 9:11 PM
Fire Apparatus from the Marion County Fire District #1, along with deputies from the Marion County Sheriff's Office responded to a smoke investigation call at a home in the 3500 block of Silverstone Drive NE in Salem at 5:32pm today.
Fire personnel and Sr. Deputy Jason Hickam located an adult female inside the residence. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her name is being withheld, pending notification of family members.
The Medical Examiner, Fire Investigators, and Marion County Detectives are on the scene conducting their investigation. Damage to the house was contained to smoke inside the structure.
No information is currently available as to the cause of the fire or the death of the female found in the house. There were no other occupants in the house at the time of the call.
Further information will be provided as it becomes available, however, identification of the victim will probably not occur until tomorrow.
