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Police ID woman found dead after fire at Oregon City homeless camp

After firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire, a woman’s body was found inside a shelter.
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OREGON CITY, Ore. – A woman was found dead after a fire engulfed a homeless camp in Oregon City in the early morning on Wednesday, November 8.

The woman was identified Tuesday by the Oregon City Police Department as 45-year-old Rachael Renee Edwards.

According to the Oregon City Police Department, an officer on patrol saw a fire at the camp near the Abernathy Bridge just after 2 a.m.

After firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire, a woman’s body was found inside a shelter.

Fire investigators are looking into the cause of the fire.

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