A woman is dead and a man is seriously injured after an early morning house fire in Maine on Saturday.
Firefighters responded to the home on Bear Mountain Road in Fairfield around 3:40a.m.
Authorities believe the person who died in the fire is 56-year-old Rebecca Merrifield, a resident of the home, but are awaiting DNA results to identify the remains.
Another resident of the home, 60-year-old Glenn Clausen, was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland with serious injuries.
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The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
