PARKERSBURG - A preliminary report shows an 84-year-oldParkersburg man died of natural causes, and not from smokeinhalation, in a house fire Sunday on Broad Street, Capt. Tim Flinnwith the Parkersburg Fire Department said Wednesday.
Initial reports indicated Donald L. Barron might have died fromsmoke inhalation, Flinn said.
An autopsy was performed at the state medical examiner's officein Charleston.
Officials have ruled the cause of the blaze as accidental in thepreliminary report, but the full report will not be available forabout eight weeks, Flinn said.
Neighbors reported the fire Sunday around 11 a.m. Damage to thehouse at 2503 Broad St. was mainly contained to an outdoor screenedporch area, where the victim was found.
The state fire marshal also is investigating.
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