Victim of fatal Waterbury neighborhood fire identified

DES MOINES, Iowa — Police have released the name of a Des Moines man who died in a fire late Sunday night in an apartment in the Waterbury neighborhood.

Mark Watson (Photo provided by family)

The victim of the fire has been identified as 68-year-old Mark Watson, according to Sgt. Paul Parizek of the Des Moines Police Department.

First responders were called to a four-plex at 500 Polk Blvd. around 10:56 p.m. Sunday on a report of a fire. After firefighters with the Des Moines Fire Department extinguished the flames in one of the units, they discovered Watson deceased.

Sgt. Parizek said the preliminary investigation into the fire suggests its cause was accidental.

DMPD and DMFD are continuing to investigate.

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