Liz Hardaway
The Middletown Press, Conn.
(MCT)
Apr. 23—HADDAM — An 85-year-old man died after a house fire in Haddam (CT) Thursday afternoon, according to state police.
The Connecticut State Police Fire and Investigation Unit was called to help investigate a fire at a home on Plains Road in Haddam around 3 p.m.
While fighting the fire, the Haddam Fire Department and other first responders searched the home and found 85-year-old Donald Thody.
First responders got Thody out of the home and gave him treatment. He was then taken to Middlesex Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified Thody’s immediate cause of death as smoke inhalation, thermal injuries and other significant conditions.
Police said the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but “There is no apparent criminal aspect at this time.”
