Crime & Safety

Elderly Man Hospitalized After Bordeaux House Fire

An elderly man was injured after escaping a house fire in Bordeaux early Sunday morning.

BORDEAUX, TN -- An elderly man was hospitalized after inhaling a large amount of smoke when his Bordeaux home caught fire early Sunday morning.

Nashville Fire crews were called to the home on Leawood Drive at 3:45 Sunday morning. The smoke was so thick when firefighters arrived they had trouble seeing the house.

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Firefighters said there were four people inside and the other three, which included a child, escaped without injury.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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