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LCC: Fatal fire victim in Sheffield Lake ID'd

Posted at 4:48 PM, Apr 19, 2016
and last updated 2016-04-20 05:28:37-04

One person is dead after a fire at an apartment on Lake Road in Sheffield Lake.

The Sheffield Lake Fire Department responded to The Perch on Lake apartments at 3:23 p.m. to find smoke coming from the first floor apartment. 

Firefighters put out the flames in about 10 minutes. During a search of the apartment, crews found an elderly man dead in the living room.

The victim was identified by the coroner as 69-year-old Richard Dull.

According to the coroner, he died from burns and smoke inhalation. 

The cause of the fire is under investigation.