From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — A residential fire has claimed the life of a Birmingham man.
According to Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates, the Birmingham Fire Department on Thursday night responded to a report of a residential fire in the 3800 block of 1st Street West in Birmingham. After the fire was extinguished, the decedent was found unresponsive in a rear bedroom of the residence.
The cause and origin of the fire, which began at around 8:21 p.m., is being investigated by the Birmingham Fire Marshal’s Office. No additional injuries have been reported.