Man in his 90s dies after house fire in Stafford
An elderly man has died in a house fire in Stafford.
A passer-by reported hearing a smoke alarm going off inside an address on Peel Street, Castletown shortly after 5.30am.
Fire crews from Stafford, Rising Brook and Stone along with ambulance and police officers went to the scene to find smoke coming out a terraced property.
After forcing their way inside, the firefighters used hose reel jets to extinguish the fire but a man in his 90s was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead at the scene.
