Dead body found in burned mobile home in Tucson

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Posted: 01/10/2013

TUCSON, AZ - Authorities say they've a dead body in a burned home in Pima County.

County Sheriff's deputies responded to 911 calls about 5:40 a.m. Thursday about a mobile home on fire.

Upon arrival, deputies found the structure fully engulfed in flames.

The Drexel Heights Fire Department was assisted by crews from the Pascua Yaqui and Tohono O'Odham fire departments to put out the blaze.

Authorities say a woman then showed up at the scene and told deputies and firefighters she lived in the mobile home along with a man.

They say a body was later located in the charred mobile home, but authorities haven't identified it.

The case of the fire hasn't been determined yet.

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