Man found dead, lived in barn that caught fired in Oakland County

A barn fire in Groveland Township, in northern Oakland County, ended with a grim discovery. WWJ's Tim Pamplin reports.

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00:00There is what remains of the barn, where the 76-year-old man battling cancer lost his life last night at around midnight.

00:06Fire tore through the barn, turned garage, while his niece and nephew slept in the house right over there.

00:11Here's Springfield Deputy Fire Chief Matt Strickland.

00:14We found remnants of multiple space heaters.

00:19We found at least six, seven propane tanks going off in there.

00:23The fire load inside that barn was pretty significant.

00:27It took a lot of time and a lot of water to knock that down to get it put out.

00:33He had also had multiple vehicles parked in there as well.

00:35So a very tough night in northern Oakland County.

00:37Strickland is urging people not to live in buildings that are not approved for continuous occupancy.

00:42The barn had no smoke detectors.

00:45In northern Oakland County, Tim Pamplin, WWJ Newsradio 950.