INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating after a man was found dead following a tent fire in a homeless camp on the south side of Indianapolis Wednesday night.
The 53-year-old man's name has not yet been released by the coroner's office.
Firefighters were called to a wooded area near the intersection of Iowa Street and South Keystone Avenue at 11:30 p.m. They found a makeshift tarp shelter on fire when they arrived. Within ten minutes, the fire was out and the man's body was found nearby.
Homicide detectives from IMPD are now conducting a death investigation, while fire inspectors are looking into what caused the fire.
IFD reports the death as the seventh fatality in their district this year.
