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DALY CITY – A person was found dead at the scene of an apartment fire in Daly City on Friday, authorities said.

The fire was reported about 8:10 a.m. at 85 Kent Court, near the intersection of Serramonte and St. Francis boulevards, the North County Fire Authority said in a news release.

Firefighters arrived to find smoke billowing from the second floor of a three-story apartment building. The fire was contained to one unit on the second floor, the fire authority said.

Once the fire was extinguished, one person was found dead inside the unit, the fire authority said.

The Daly City Police Department and the fire authority are conducting a joint investigation to determine the cause of the fire and whether any foul play was involved, the police department said in a news release.

No firefighters were injured and no residents were displaced, the fire authority said.

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