Sheriff releases name of man killed in Arlee house fire

The man who died in a mobile home fire Aug. 28 on Coombs Lane in Arlee is Leroy Houle, 46, according to a statement from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

The Arlee Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire at 8 a.m. Aug. 28.

Houle’s body was removed from the house and was taken to the State Crime Lab in Missoula for an autopsy.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office in coordination with the State Fire Marshal's Office.