From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has identified a 95-year-old Fairfield man whose body was found in the aftermath of a house fire.
“Fairfield Fire Department and Birmingham Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire,” Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates stated. “Upon extinguishing the fire, the decedent was discovered inside the residence. The Alabama State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause and origin of the fire and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.”