A man was found dead after a fire at a home in Bloomfield on Friday afternoon. Bloomfield dispatch received a call of smoke coming out of the windows at a residence on Ivory Way around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, according to the Bloomfield Police Department.

Bloomfield police said in a news release Friday evening they and firefighters responded to a call of smoke coming out of the residence at approximately 2:30 p.m., and found the fire was contained to an upstairs bathroom. Hana Ikramuddin is a Hearst Fellow in Connecticut. She spent the first part of her fellowship at the Houston Chronicle.

A man was found dead in a fire at a home in Bloomfield on Friday afternoon. Bloomfield firefighters and Bloomfield police responded to the home on Ivory Road around 2:30 p.m. They found smoke coming from the home and a fire contained to an upstairs bathroom,

An investigation is underway in Bloomfield following a fatal fire in town on Friday. Police say around 2:30 p.m., dispatch received a call reporting smoke coming from the windows of 14 Ivory Way.