COLUMBUS – Columbus police and fire investigators were working to determine what killed an elderly man who found in a burning North Side apartment early Saturday morning.
Fire crews responding to a fire in an apartment building at 4800 Tamarack Boulevard call just before 4:00 a.m. were met with a heavy smoke confined to one apartment, spokesman Battalion Chief Steve Martin said.
A 75-year-old man was taken from the apartment to the lobby where Martin says resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at 4:11 a.m.
The fire was confined to the bedroom of the apartment and was extinguished, Martin said.
Fire investigators are working with police homicide detectives and the county coroner to determine the exact cause of death, said Martin.
The name of the victim is not being released pending notification of family.
It did not appear anyone else lived in the apartment, Martin said.