Sebring man perishes in house fire
SEBRING — A 40-year-old East Oregon Avenue man was found dead after a blaze engulfed his home early today. Fire Chief Jim Cannell didn’t have his full name when reached late Saturday and a dispatcher said she couldn’t release the name.
Cannell said relatives reported that the victim had been using a space heater to heat the house because the furnace wasn’t working. He had been sleeping in the living room, the chief was told.
A cause of the fire hadn’t been determined and was being investigated by the state fire marshal’s office. The house in the 200 block of Oregon was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived about 3 a.m.
“No one could get in,” Cannell said. The fire was reported by someone driving past. The home is about one block from the fire station.