Man in his 70s dies in city house blaze

A police car parked outside a terrace of houses. Of the four first floor windows, the window second to the left is blacked out by soot, with the guttering above it warped by heat. The red bricks around the window are blackened, and the window directly below it is covered by chipboard. Beside the police car stand three figures facing the house, including a police officer in black uniform.Shaun Whitmore/BBC

The fire service said it expected to remain at the house throughout Friday

A man has died after a house fire broke out in Norwich.

Emergency services were called to Spynke Road, off Aylsham Road, just before 13:30 GMT on Thursday.

A Norfolk Police spokesperson said a man in his 70s, who was in the house, died at the scene and the death was not currently being treated as suspicious.

A police cordon has been put in place around the property while crews carry out an investigation.

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