PALMYRA (AP) — Fire marshals say two bodies have been found in the rubble of a fire at a farmhouse converted into apartments in Palmyra, Maine.
Six residents escaped the building early Tuesday. They weren’t hurt.
The fire was reported at about 3 a.m. and the building was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
They said the fire started in one of two apartments over a garage.
The bodies, believed to be a man and woman, were found in one of those apartments.
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The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Firefighters said it would be difficult to determine, as the garage was flattened in the fire.
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