A 37 year old man is dead after Lincoln Fire And Rescue and Lincoln Police were called to the 5500 block of Salt Valley View on a report of a fire at 2:49 a.m. Wednesday.
LFR saw smoke coming from a 1st floor apartment unit in a three floor building. Crews forced their way into the apartment and found the man who was unconscious and not breathing laying between the kitchen and the living room area. The man was pronounced deceased. At this time the cause of death is not known.
The fire was already out when firefighters entered the building and the fire was contained to the kitchen. There was a pot of grease found on the stove.
There were no other units damaged or people evacuated as damage was contained to the one unit.
LPD investigators are working with LFR to follow up on this case.