HANCOCK, MI (AP)-- Upper Peninsula authorities say a man died after assaulting his girlfriend and setting his house on fire.
The attack happened about 5 p.m. Friday in Hancock. Police Chief Mike Beaudoin says the man assaulted his girlfriend before starting the blaze.
The Daily Mining Gazette of Houghton says that Houghton County Sheriff's Department deputies entered the house with shields and found the man and woman.
Emergency crews took both to Portage Health. Beaudoin says the woman was bleeding from a head injury.
Police haven't identified the man or woman.
