Staff reports 5:54 a.m.
Thursday, December 21, 2017 5:53 am

Firefighters clear rubble at the scene of a fatal fire in Lebanon on Wednesday. (Courtesy/South Berwick Fire Facebook page)

LEBANON, Maine - Wednesday's fire at a Shapleigh Road home where a body was found in the rubble was the result of arson, the state fire marshal's office has determined.

The unidentified victim, a 58-year-old man, was found in a second floor apartment at 72A Shapleigh Road soon after the fire was called in around 11:45 a.m.

Officials said when firefighters arrived the building was fully involved.

Mutual aid responders included fire departments from North Berwick, Berwick, South Berwick, Alfred Acton in Maine; and Somersworth, Milton and Rochester in New Hampshire.