Apartment Fire In Southside Leaves One Man Dead

BIRMINGHAM, AL - A fire in a vacant apartment in Birmingham's Southside left one victim injured and another dead. The fire occurred Thursday night in the 1600 block of 20th Street South about 8 p.m.

A report by Alabama Media Group said two people were removed from the building. One of them was taken to UAB Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:42 p.m., according to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. He has not yet been positively identified, but authorities said he is an adult white male.

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The fire is still under investigation. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

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