POLAND, MAINE, Maine — One person is dead Saturday after a fire at a home in Poland.
The Lewiston and Auburn Communications Center got a call at about 7:45 a.m. reporting a house fire at 172 Tiger Hill Road in Poland, according to a release from the Maine Department of Public Safety.
Firefighters extinguished the fire, and then first responders found the body of a person officials believe to be 65-year-old Michael Murphy, who lived at the home.
Investigators from the state fire marshal's office were at the scene Saturday.
Officials say the body was transported to the state medical examiner’s office in Augusta for an autopsy on Sunday.
Poland, Oxford, and Mechanic Falls fire departments assisted at the scene, as well as the Mechanic Falls Police Department and the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department.