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1 killed in overnight fire in Hastings

Posted at 3:49 AM, Jun 02, 2015
and last updated 2015-06-02 03:49:27-04

HASTINGS TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- One person is dead after a house fire in Hastings Township early Tuesday morning. The call came in shortly after midnight at a home on E. State Road just east of Hastings.

When crews arrived on the scene, they called for additional help.  At least four departments responded to the fire.

Officials would soon learn that somebody was unable to make it out.  Police have identified the victim as Jeffrey Daniel Kelley, 48.  He recently moved to Michigan from Florida.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.