(COLUMBIA, MO. (THECOUNT) — Jason Ian Frazier has been identified as the victim in a fatal house fire in Columbia, Missouri early Thursday morning.

Officials say they discovered Frazier, 38, unconscious in a duplex bedroom around 3 a.m. after responding to the area of 3000 Balboa Lane in Columbia on reports of a smoke odor.

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Upon arrival, first responders found heavy smoke but determined the fire had extinguished itself by the time they had arrived on scene.

Unattended cooking was ruled as a probable cause in the blaze.

Frazier was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was the only person in the dwelling at the time of the incident.

Geo quick facts: Columbia is a city in central Missouri. Part of the University of Missouri, the Museum of Art and Archaeology exhibits European paintings and ancient Greek and Roman art. At the center of the university’s main campus, Francis Quadrangle comprises lawns, 6 stone columns, many landmark buildings and Mizzou Botanic Garden flowerbeds. To the east, Stephens Lake Park has trails, picnic shelters, a beach and a boardwalk – wikipedia.