By Associated Press - Saturday, April 2, 2016

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A man has died after he was unable to escape a mobile home fire in the Tucson area.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department says a blaze broke out before 5:45 a.m. Saturday in the mobile home on East Summit Street.

Deputies arrived and were told by family members that 44-year-old Alberto SantaCruz Jr. was still inside and had been unable to escape.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of the fire has not been determined.

Investigators believe it was accidental.

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