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Man slightly injured in house fire Sunday morning

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis man was taken to Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital after a fire in his home Sunday morning.

The fire happened in the 300 block of South Rural Street around 7:30 a.m.

IFD says the man smelled smoke and found heavy fire in an upstairs bedroom.

The man may have suffered smoke inhalation. He was last listed in good condition.

He told firefighters he lives alone and doesn’t know how the fire could have started.