Man found dead in smoke-filled apartment

Authorities are investigating the death of a man who was found in a smoke-filled apartment Sunday afternoon.

Las Vegas police Lt. Ted Snodgrass said firefighters were called to the Safari Apartments, 2675 S. Nellis Blvd., near Sahara Avenue, around 3:45 p.m. A maintenance man heard a smoke alarm going off in a first-floor unit.

Inside was the resident, a man in his late 50s, sitting in a chair in the smoke-filled apartment, Snodgrass said. A lighter and cigarettes were on his chest. There were no flames when authorities arrived, he said.

The man, believed to have suffered smoke inhalation, was taken to the hospital, where he died, Snodgrass said.

Police do not suspect foul play.

The man's name was not released.