Police and firefighters called to a fire in a southwest Redmond duplex Thursday afternoon found a man’s body inside the residence, officers said.
Officers and fire crews were dispatched around 3:20 p.m. to the 1500 block of Southwest Metolius Avenue on a report of a house on fire, Redmond police Lt. Curtis Chambers said.
Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Puller said the first crews arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the front door and window of one side of the duplex.
He said firefighters entered the duplex, put out the fire and searched for victims, finding one person deceased.
Police confirmed a deceased adult male was inside the home. The man’s identity was being withheld, to give family time to notify others, the lieutenant said.
A cat and dog were rescued from the duplex, having suffered smoke inhalation, and were revived by medics on the scene.