80-year-old man killed in Birmingham house fire
An elderly man was killed in an overnight Birmingham house fire.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service and Birmingham police responded at 7:50 p.m. Tuesday to a fire at a home in the 800 block of Sixth Street West.
After extinguishing the blaze, first responders found 80-year-old Gerald Eugene Wren unresponsive on the front porch, according to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office.
Wren was pronounced dead on the scene at 9 p.m.
The Birmingham Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause and origin of the fire, and the Birmingham Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.
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