WATTSBURG — Authorities are working to determine the identity of a person found dead in a fire that leveled a Wattsburg-area home early Feb. 26.
A body was found at the home in the 8500 block of Haskell Hill Road, near the village of Arbuckle and southwest of Wattsburg, after area firefighters were called there on a report of a house fire. The fire was first reported at 3:10 a.m. Feb. 26, according to Erie County 911.
Authorities said an 86-year-old woman lives in the home alone, but the identity of the body had not been confirmed. Erie County Deputy Coroner John Maloney said he pronounced the person dead at the scene at 6 a.m. Feb. 26…