By Associated Press - Thursday, January 26, 2017

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of the woman who died in a fire in Newark.

Firefighters found the remains of 26-year-old Lateisha Blair in the vacant, three-story building on Eastern Parkway while they extinguished the flames on Friday.

The cause and manner of her death are pending.

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The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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