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RITZVILLE – One man is dead following an early morning fire Dec. 31, just outside of the city.

"The victim is expected to be identified as Glenn Foley, age 76," Adams County Prosecuting Attorney/Coroner Randy Flyckt, said.

An investigation into the death and the circumstances of the fire is ongoing by the Adams County Sheriff's Office, Adams County Fire Marshal and Washington State Patrol Crime Lab.

Adams County Fire District No. 1 responded at 4:44 a.m. Dec. 31 to a fire at the residence of Walter Foley and Stacey Plummer, in the 1800 block of East Wellsandt Road, about a mile east o...