SEAT PLEASANT, Md. (AP) – Authorities say a house fire that left two men dead in a Maryland suburb of Washington was deliberately set.
PGFD rules Seat Pleasant house fire arson; PGPD investigating deaths of two men in home. https://t.co/BTtagNmcn6
— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) November 7, 2017
Police and fire officials in Prince George’s County said in a statement Tuesday that the fire broke out Nov. 2 in a vacant, single-family house in Seat Pleasant. As firefighters battled the blaze, they found the bodies of two men.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner says the men died of smoke inhalation.
Video U/D 6200 block of Foote St in Seat Pleasant. 530 am time of Dispatch. 2 deceased. ID and cause are under investigation. #PGFD pic.twitter.com/jfg19rJ2R6
— Mark Brady (@PGFDPIO) November 2, 2017
Police say they have identified the men, but will not release their names until relatives are notified.
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