Police: 72-year-old man who died in Somers fire Monday is identified

SOMERS - State police on Wednesday identified the man who died in a fire Monday in the town of Somers.

Richard Jordan, 72, was the only person in the house on Barlow Court at the time of the fire.

According to a news release issued by the Somers Volunteer Fire Department, smoke from the two-story wood frame house was already visible from a distance when the first firefighters were dispatched to the scene shortly before 9:30 a.m.

Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the section of the building where it began, allowing firefighters from the Somers and Yorktown departments to search the rest of the building for people. However, they were unable to search the room where the blaze began due to heavy fire conditions there.

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Jordan was found in that room during a search conducted after the fire was extinguished.

No firefighters were hurt. Firefighters were on the scene until 4 p.m.

The cause of the fire has not been determined yet. State police said the investigation into the fire is continuing, but no evidence of suspicious activity has been found at this time.

Mike Randall covers breaking news for the Times Herald-Record, the Poughkeepsie Journal and the Journal News-lohud. Reach him at [email protected] or on Twitter @mikerandall845.

This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Fire in Somers Monday claimed the life of a 72-year-old man