GREENFIELD, Ind. — A man died after he was was pulled from an apartment fire in downtown Greenfield early Monday morning.
A Greenfield police officer reported smoke coming from a building's second story window on West Main Street, near North State Street in downtown Greenfield, shortly after 12:15 a.m.
Crews found heavy smoke and located an unconscious man inside the upstairs apartment. The man was pulled from the apartment and in cardiac arrest when transported to Hancock Regional Hospital, fire officials said.
The man, later identified as 53-year-old Keith H. Myran, of Greenfield, was pronounced deceased at the hospital. He was the only person in the apartment when the fire started.
Firefighters quickly knocked out the fire after the man was found. No firefighters were injured in the incident.
Investigators believe smoking caused the fire. The apartment had no working smoke detectors as the battery had been removed from it.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Fire Marshal Steve Kropacek at 317-325-1505.