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Man found dead following Dartmouth apartment fire

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A man has been found dead following an early morning fire at an apartment in downtown Dartmouth, N.S.

Halifax police and firefighters called to Portland Street early Thursday

Halifax Regional Police said officers and firefighters were called to Portland Street in Dartmouth, N.S., early Thursday. (Robert Short/CBC)

A man has been found dead following an early morning fire at an apartment in downtown Dartmouth, N.S.

Halifax police said in a news release that officers and firefighters were called to the scene on Portland Street around 4:10 a.m. Thursday.

Const. John MacLeod said the fire was contained to a number of apartment units located above a business.

He didn’t yet have an age on the victim, who was found in one of the units.

Investigators were still working to determine the cause of the fire, he said.

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