Man dies in early morning house fire

By Marlene J. Bohr
mbohr@steelcountrybee.com

An elderly Hughes Springs man died in an early morning fire Sunday, according to Hughes Springs Police Chief Randy Kennedy. James Griffin, 83, of Hughes Springs died in the fire at his residence.
“We received a 9-1-1 call from a passerby about 1:30 a.m. who saw the fire,” Chief Kennedy said. “The fire department was dispatched to a residence on Hillcrest. When the units arrived, the house was fully engulfed. Later the man’s remains were found in a sitting room at the side of the house. The cause of the fire is under investigation.”
Mr. Griffins’s body was sent to Southwestern Institute of Forensic Science at Dallas for an autopsy.