GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One person was killed and another injured overnight Tuesday in a house fire in Grand Rapids.
Crews responded to a home in the 1200 block of Bridge Street NW, which is near Lincoln Park, around 1:15 a.m. The two-story home was found with fire showing from the second floor.
Despite crews arriving within three minutes, one occupant, a 64-year-old man, was unable to escape the home. Authorities say he was killed.
Another occupant, a 49-year-old man, jumped from a second-floor window to escape the fire. He received care at the scene and was transported to a hospital for smoke inhalation treatment.
Residents of three other apartments in the home were evacuated.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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