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Second body found in Portage Township home destroyed by fire

PORTAGE TOWNSHIP, MI— Officials have found the body of a second person killed in a house fire in Houghton County Friday night.

Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a Portage Township residence around 9:15 p.m. on a report that two people were trapped inside. One person was confirmed deceased at the scene but the body of the second deceased person wasn’t found until later.

The identities of those who died are being withheld pending identification through autopsies scheduled later this week.

The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.