Man found dead in Buncombe County house fire identified

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A man found deceased at the scene of a house fire in Riceville has been identified.

The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office said in a July 6 news release that the man found dead at the scene of a house fire on June 30 at 84 E. Mountain Way near Riceville was identified as 51-year-old Jimmy Lamar Long Jr.

The sheriff’s office said in the release that it is collaborating with the Buncombe County Fire Marshal’s Office on an arson investigation and has ruled the death a homicide…

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