Police say man dies after jumping out of a burning building
SHELTON (AP) — Police say a man has died after jumping out of a burning building.
Shelton police say they received calls of a commercial building at 33 Hull St. engulfed in flames at about 5 a.m. Saturday.
When emergency workers arrived, they found a man at the foot of the building badly burned and injured. Police later identified the man as 69-year-old Randol Rios of Shelton.
Detectives discovered Rios worked at Machine Builders of New England which occupied the fourth floor of the building.
Police said that their early investigation found Rios had jumped from a fourth-floor window to escape the fire. Rios was transported to Bridgeport Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A Shelton firefighter injured fighting the fire was taken to the hospital where he was treated and released.
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