One dead after early-morning fire in Gulfport

GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- A man is dead after an early morning house fire in Gulfport.

Gulfport Fire Chief Billy Kelley tells News 25 the blaze happened around 4:10 at a home on North Carolina Avenue.

Firefighters put the heavy fire out after about 20 minutes and that’s when they found the body of the 62-year-old man.

The cause of the fire is now under investigation, but Chief Kelley says the fire is not believed to be suspicious.

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