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Greenville Fire Claims One Life, Displaces Three

GREENVILLE, Maine _ Fire officials say a man perished in a fire at 56 Washington St., a downtown apartment home in Greenville Saturday morning.  Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman, Stephen McCausland says  the victim is 19 year old Stephen Richards of Greenville. 

The fire broke out Saturday morning; Richards' body was discovered in the rubble Saturday afternoon after excavators were brought in. 

Three residents of  another unit in the home were able to escape the blaze without injury.  Investigators were on scene Saturday, but according to McCausland, the severity of damage from the fire, which flattened the building, means that determining a cause will be difficult.