Body found dead inside Mesa home day after fire tears through structure
May 9, 2024, 6:00 AM | Updated: May 13, 2024, 9:02 am
A body was found inside a Mesa home the day after a fire tore through a structure on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (Mesa Fire and Medical Department File Photo)
(Mesa Fire and Medical Department File Photo)
PHOENIX — A body was found inside a Mesa home the day after a fire tore through the structure on Wednesday evening, authorities said.
Officers responded to assist firefighters with a residential fire near Gilbert and Broadway roads around 5:30 p.m., according to the Mesa Police Department.
The fire spread quickly through the house, according to the Mesa Fire and Medical Department.
“After the fire was extinguished, and the structure searched, a body was located inside the home,” Detective Brandi Myers said in a media advisory Thursday.
The victim was identified later as 57-year-old Richard Daniels.
The Office of the Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death.
The investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.
