INDIANAPOLIS --
A man was killed Saturday in a duplex fire on the city's east side.
Officials said the blaze broke out at about 8:30 p.m. in the 600 block of Tacoma Avenue.
Firefighters said a man, identified as Ovidio Acevedo, 32, was trapped on the second level on one side of the duplex.
Acevedo was later pronounced dead at Wishard Memorial Hospital. According to a coroner's report, he died of smoke inhalation.
Fire officials said they are not yet sure what sparked the blaze.
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