A 58-year old man is dead following a fatal house fire in Big Rapids.

It happened early Tuesday morning at a residence on Sanborn.

Investigators say when firefighters arrived to the scene they were notified not all residents where accounted for.

Fire crews were able to extinguish a lot of the fire, when they arrived inside in the home they contained the rest of the fire and located a 58-year old man in a back bedroom of his apartment.

The man was pronounced deceased at the scene by EMS.