An Ann Arbor resident has died as a result of his injuries during a weekend fire at his apartment, the southeast Michigan community’s fire department says.
Kevin Chatman, 68, was taken to University Hospital in Ann Arbor in the aftermath of Saturday’s fire in the West Arbor Apartments in the 700 block of North Maple Road, the Ann Arbor Fire Department said. He was originally reported to be in critical condition and has since died as a result of his burn injuries, the fire department said Tuesday.
The fire began at a chair where Chatman was seated at the time, the fire investigators concluded. The cause is either a chair malfunction “or unintentional human intervention, possibly smoking-related,” the report said…