Fire at auto repair shop leaves 1 dead

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• Published: Dec 21, 2008 - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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ST. ROSE — Investigators with the state Fire Marshal’s Arson unit are looking into a Friday-night blaze at an auto repair shop that left one man, an employee, dead, a spokesman for the office said in a release.

Firefighters with the St. Rose Fire Department were called out to the fire at Capitano’s Truck Repair, 310 Almedia Road, at 9:41 p.m. Friday, spokesman Marc Reech said in the release.

The fire gutted the metal building, Reech said, and the man’s body was found in an office above the auto shop where he would often sleep. 

Investigators had yet to determine a cause of the fire or uncover any sign of foul play late Saturday, Reech said.

The deceased man’s name was not released Saturday pending notification of family and an autopsy, Reech said.