On Friday night, an elderly Greenville man died in a house fire
According to firefighters, the fire was noticed at about 7.30 p.m. in a home in Douthit Circle, just three blocks from the West End fire station.
Neighbors ran up the street to the fire station to report the blaze but by then the fire was out of control inside the house, which heated with kerosene heaters.
Firefighters took only 15 minutes to extinguish the fire and located the victim, 75 year old Mark Walker Jr. in his bedroom. He was pronounced dead shortly after 8 p.m. and the autopsy showed the cause of death as burns and smoke inhalation.
Early indications are that the fire started accidentally but it is still under investigation although his death has been ruled an accident.
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