Body Found In Apartment Above Deli After Fire

DENVER (CBS4) - A portion of Welton Street was closed in Denver's Five Points neighborhood Monday morning after a body was found inside a burning apartment. Fire investigators believe the fire is suspicious.

Firefighters responded at approximately 2:30 a.m. to a unit above Rosenberg's Bagels & Delicatessen at Welton Street and 26th Avenue in the Five Points neighborhood. Firefighters arrived to a smoke-filled apartment on the second floor.

Much of the fire was extinguished by 3 a.m. When firefighters were able to enter, one person was found deceased inside a closet.

It is not clear if the person died as a result of the fire of from a separate incident.

"The medical examiner was on scene and those are all things they will be looking into as the investigation unfolds. This fire is being called suspicious in nature at this time but anything beyond that we just don't know yet until we're able to put some of the pieces together," said Denver Fire Department spokeswoman Melissa Taylor.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Arson investigators examined the fire for evidence.

Fire trucks had left the scene by 6:30 a.m., but a small block of 26th Avenue remained closed off.

The identity of the person found deceased has not been released.