Effective Fire Department of the City of Cartagena this morning found the body of an elderly person burned in a house in Canal Street.
The incident took place about twelve o'clock.
National Police officers were alerted firefighters to the smell of smoke coming from a second floor, which apparently was an older person.
Arriving firefighters found smoke in the staircase and the door of the house was hot, so it came to opening it.
As pointed out by the hand, inside the house had a narrow corridor with lots of furniture, which made it difficult to access.
In the room facing the street channels located on the ground burned and lifeless body of the victim, next to which was still burning.
The room was full of furniture, fixtures and tools, and the fire had burned the mattress and box spring of the next to rubbish.
The troops proceeded to fire suppression and ventilation unit, ending his performance on the 0:30.
The National Police was in place, waiting for the examiner to the cadaver.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena