A 77-year-old man is dead after an apartment fire near 27th and Layton in Greenfield
Greenfield firefighters say they were called for a fire there around 10:00 Tuesday morning. When they arrived, they found a 77-year-old man in a downstairs, smoke-filled apartment. They were taken to an ambulance for treatment, but died.
Firefighters say the fire happened in the main room of the apartment. Although it was small, it created a lot of smoke, which made its way into the apartments upstairs. Firefighters alerted those upstairs neighbors of the fire.
Firefighters say they were able to put the fire out quickly. One police officer was briefly hospitalized for smoke inhalation and later released.
Fire officials are still working to determine the specific cause of the fire.
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