COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Arson investigators and homicide detectives continued to work together after an overnight fatal fire on the city’s South Side.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS Saturday.
Columbus fire was called to the 600 block of Locke Avenue on a house fire around 11:30 p.m. Friday. The original call was to Barthman Avenue.
A man was found inside the home, according to officials. He was later identified as 27-year-old Robert Brumfield.
He was found in a hallway and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Dave Whiting confirmed the fire was arson close to 9 a.m. Saturday.
Investigators determined accelerants were present in the apartment, Whiting said.
Brumfield's cause of death was to be determined by the county coroner's office.
Columbus firefighters also responded to two other fires on the South Side overnight at 63 E. Morrill Ave. and 1708 S. Pearl St.
Both of those fires were in vacant buildings and suspicious in nature, according to Whiting.
He said those two fire might be connected to the South Side arsonist, but the fatal fire likely wasn't connected.
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