(Marshalltown, Iowa) – The body of an elderly female was found in a home that caught fire Monday afternoon, in Marshalltown. According to Marshalltown Police, firefighters were dispatched at around 1-p.m. to a residence in the 1400 block of S. Center Street in Marshalltown, where they found a single-family, split-level home with a fire in the living room.

The woman’s body was discovered after the flames were extinguished. Marshalltown Police Detectives and Special Agents with the Iowa Arson and Explosives Bureau were called-in to handle the incident.

The cause of the fire was undetermined as of the latest information, and remained under investigation. The name of the victim was not released.