A 51-year-old man died of smoke inhalation after a house fire early Tuesday morning on South Clemens Ave., just off Michigan Ave., according to a statement from Lansing Fire Department. Two other men, ages 49 and 33, were injured. The fire was noticed by a passerby, who entered the home and rescued two people, according to firefighters. Linda Losik, who lives next door, told City Pulse that she was awoken around 3 a.m. Firefighters arrived quickly, she said, stopping the fire and shutting down the street. Losik has lived at her brick home since the early 1990s and said she had seen people coming and going from the home recently but had not met them. One firefighter was given a medical check for non-life-threatening injuries at a hospital and was discharged.
Kim Coleman, the director overseeing Lansing’s response to homelessness, has resigned. The resignation of the Human Relations and Community Services director was announced Monday in statements by the mayor’s office, which said Coleman will continue to work with the city’s Mod Pod/Nova Housing Initiative. Coleman’s resignation is effective on Feb. 13 and the city’s statement said she resigned to “spend more time with family, pursue other interests and continue to help people in a more targeted way.” Coleman was hired in February 2020 after the retirement of Joan Jackson Johnson. Delvata Moses was appointed as interim director.
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