PETERSBURG, MICH. (WWJ) -- A young Monroe County boy was killed in an overnight fire, while his dad and brother sustained burns trying to save him.
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says a 12-year-old student from Summerfield Schools in Petersburg died early Monday morning in a fire that started in an unattached garage.
Summerfield Township firefighters responded to the blaze along West Walnut Street around 1:30 a.m.
Once inside they found the victim's body in the bathroom. He's been identified as Malaki Christian Giles.
His 37-year-old father and 13-year-old brother were treated and released from a Toledo-area hospital for burns suffered during their rescue efforts.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Anyone who has information should call the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Detective Bureau at 734-240-7530.
