Update: Man killed in midtown retirement high-rise fire identified as 64-year-old
A 64-year-old man died following an early morning apartment fire Wednesday in midtown Sacramento, authorities said. The fire occurred at a public housing complex for retirees.
Fire personnel responded around 3:45 a.m. to reports of an “odor of smoke” in the 1700 block of K Street, the Sacramento Fire Department said in a news release.
The building at the described location is the Comstock, a nine-story tower used as a senior living apartment.
Authorities found an unresponsive adult male inside of a smoke-filled apartment unit on the eighth floor of the building, the news release said.
Firefighters attempted life-saving measures and transported the victim to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. On Thursday, the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Jaime Zermeno.
The incident remains under investigation, firefighters said.
The Comstock is an 80-unit public housing complex managed by the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency.
This story was originally published December 2, 2020 at 9:58 AM.
CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, a previous version of this story incorrectly stated the number of units in the Comstock complex.
