Fire Marshal: Cause of Marlborough Fire is Inconclusive

State and local fire officials have not been able to determine a cause for the fire that . 

State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan and Chief James Fortin issued a joint statement Wednesday saying the cause of the fire that began in an attic storage space could not be determined due of the extent of the damage. 

Officials also said that there was no evidence that the fire was one of a suspicious nature. 

“The very area where investigators believe the fire started, the attic, has been completely burned away,” said Fortin in the statement.

The American Red Cross said Tuesday that 32 families needed help because of the fire, including 66 adults and 22 children. Six of them will be put up by the city of Marlborough, said a Boston Globe report. 

The investigation included officials from the Marlborough fire and , state police, and agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms.

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