Fire swept through a Bessemer home Tuesday, leaving one person dead.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Hurston Daniel Morris. He was 76.

Bessemer firefighters were dispatched at 5:17 p.m. to the residence in the 1000 block of 10th Avenue North. They were responding to a 911 call from a neighbor reporting the blaze.

Once they extinguished the fire, they found Morris unresponsive. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 5:40 p.m.

Fire officials are working to determine the cause and origin of the blaze. Bessemer police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.