TOWANDA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have identified a man killed in a south-central Kansas house fire.

Butler County Undersheriff Tony Wilhite says 56-year-old Steven Hulse was killed last week when the fire broke out in the living room of his Towanda house. The Wichita Eagle reports that he was found next to his bed in the living room.

Hulse’s 16-year-old son had gone to a friend’s house earlier in the evening. When he returned, he went inside, but intense heat and soot forced him back outdoors.