A body was discovered Saturday evening in Hamilton Township after a fire was put out in the area earlier in the afternoon, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel said.

The location of the fire and body were not immediately disclosed, and the death has not yet been ruled a homicide, Housel said. An autopsy was scheduled for 5 p.m. today.

The Mizpah Fire Company was called at 1:40 p.m. to a fire near the intersection of Landis and Estelle Avenues.

The Major Crimes Arson Unit is investigating, Housel said.

Elaine Rose

A small fire at the Atlantic Medical Imaging in the Festival shopping center in Mays Landing was started by a bathroom vent fan that had been left on, Hamilton Township police said in a news release.

Police said that authorities arrived about 1:30 a.m. Thursday in regard to a fire alarm. Cologne Fire and police entered the building and it was filled with smoke.

Fire investigators said the fire was started by a bathroom vent fan left on. The fan overheated, caught fire and dropped to the floor. That ignited a plastic clothes hamper, which burned and filled the building with smoke.

The building was damaged by smoke, but had no significant fire damage.

Cologne, Mays Landing and Laureldale fire companies responded.