Officials say investigators found a space heater and other possible ignition sources where the fatal fire began.
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Investigators are examining accidental factors in an Oakham fire that claimed a man’s life and destroyed his home Wednesday.
Ajay Batra, 55, has been identified as the sole victim of the fatal fire, Oakham Fire Chief Timothy Howe, Oakham Police Chief Frederick Gehring, State Fire Marshal Jon Davine, and the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office said in a joint statement Thursday. Local and state investigators determined that the house fire began in a second-floor bedroom…