BEAUMONT —
Police say a 90-year-old Southeast Texas man has died in a house fire blamed on a space heater in his home.
Beaumont police on Friday identified the victim as Junius Hill.
Police say firefighters late Thursday night responded to emergency calls about a burning house. Neighbors reported Hill was still believed to be in the home.
Investigators say the victim was located in the bedroom where the fire apparently started. An autopsy has been ordered.
The National Weather Service says temperatures were in the 50s at the time of the fire.
News
Man, 90, dies in Beaumont house fire
- News
-
- Blood donors needed for West, Texas, disaster
- Fontana, Calif., schools get high-powered rifles
- Manufacturers cutting white-collar jobs now, too
- Ex-East Texas dentist convicted of murdering wife
- ID sought after human skull found in Jasper woods
- 10 Things to Know for Today
-
LIVE BLOG: 2013 Presidential Inauguration Coverage
The Associated Press is providing real-time coverage as Barack Obama in sworn in for a second term as president of the United States. Stay with this page for the latest stories, photos and videos of the event.
-
VIDEO: What will the First Lady wear to the inaugural ball?
From the frock worn by Eleanor Roosevelt to Jason Wu's gown for Michelle Obama, the dresses worn by first ladies enter the history books along with their owners.
-
Naked-image scanners to be removed from U.S. airports
The Transportation Security Administration will remove airport body scanners that privacy advocates likened to strip searches after OSI Systems Inc. couldn't write software to make passenger images less revealing.
-
Threat of using 'bubble gun' gets 5-year-old suspended
A 5-year-old kindergartner who told classmates she was going to shoot them, and then herself, with her pink gun that shoots bubbles, was grilled for three hours by school officials without her mother’s knowledge, and then suspended.
- More News Headlines



