From The Tribune staff reports
BESSEMER — A 76-year old is dead after a house fire in Bessemer on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
Bessemer firefighters were dispatched at around 5:17 p.m. to the 1000 block of 10 Avenue North after a neighbor called in that the house was on fire.
After extinguishing the flames, they found Hurston Daniel Morris, 76, of Bessemer, unresponsive. Morris was pronounced dead at 5:40 p.m.
According to Carol Robinson, Morris was transgender and went by the name Danielle Colette Morris.
The fire is being investigated by Bessemer Fire Department and the circumstances surrounding the death are being investigated by the Bessemer Police Department.