A 94-year-old man was killed in a house fire in Annandale, Virginia, on the first day of the year, Fairfax County fire officials said.
Firefighters were called to Columbia Road at 4:20 a.m. Monday for a report of a fire. Family members told fire crews that Lewis Spessard, 94, was trapped inside the home.
Once firefighters extinguished the flames, they found Spessard dead inside the home.
A woman who rents a spare room in the home said she escaped the burning house as smoke detectors began sounding. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
