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Deadly Fire In Springfield Township

SPRINGFIELD TWP. (WWJ) - Oakland County Sheriff Department fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a deadly Monday night fire. 

A 48-year man who was handicapped and recently had foot surgery was found about 15 feet from the front door of his double-wide mobile home in the Spring Grove Mobile Home Park off Dixie Highway.

Firefighters performed CPR on the victim and rushed him to Genesys Hospital, where he later died. 

Fire officials said it appears the fire was electrical in nature, but the cause is still under investigation.  The name of the victim has not yet been released.

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