Police: Man found dead after Jackson County house fire
RIVES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a man's death after his body was found following a house fire in Jackson County's Rives Township.
Rives Tompkins Fire Department officials responded to the blaze shortly after midnight on Monday. Michigan State Police say the man was found dead in his home after the fire was extinguished.
The Jackson Citizen Patriot says (http://bit.ly/1yCfgUA ) Michigan State Police officials are continuing to investigate the cause of the fire and the man's death. He has not yet been identified.
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Information from: Jackson Citizen Patriot, http://www.mlive.com/jackson
Michigan State Police fire investigators work at the scene of a fatal fire at 9456 Churchill Road in Rives Township on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. One man was killed in the Monday fire. (AP Photo/The Jackson Citizen Patriot, J. Scott Park) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT
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