The state fire marshal’s office said the man who died in his North Anson home Thursday morning was 63-year-old William Bloom.
Bloom was found dead in his kitchen after a fire began in his North Maine Street home in the early morning hours of Jan. 3, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
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Investigators said the accidental fire began when combustibles, which were located too close to an electric heater, caught aflame, according to McCausland.