A fire at a West Akron home earlier this morning is being investigated as a possible arson.

A sign saying ARSON and offering a reward is now posted on the charred home on Fultz Avenue.

The two people found dead in the basement of the home have been identified as a man and a woman, 65-year-old Lindell Lewis and a 66-year-old Gloria Jean Hart.

Both lived at the home.

Autopsies say that they died from smoke inhalation, but the MANNER of their death is still pending.