May 21st
A relative went to check on 50-year-old Charles Hagen at 20 Yale Road in Gloucester City when no one had heard from him.
The relative saw soot on the curtains and called 911.
Police went in and found Hagen dead in his bedroom. He apparently died of smoke inhalation.
The fire had smoldered in the basement and burned itself out.
Cause of fire still under investigation by local and county fire marshal, but believed to be accidental.
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