Man Found Dead After Car Catches Fire and Ignites Home in Berkshire, Vermont; Death Investigation Underway
The Vermont State Police said on November 13 that a man was found dead after a vehicle drove onto the lawn of a home in Berkshire, Franklin County, Vermont, caught fire and ignited the house on Friday afternoon. Troopers have opened a death investigation. The case number is 26A2007716, and the man's name is being withheld at this time.
The incident occurred shortly before 1:15 p.m. at 6578 Berkshire Center Road, according to the release. Firefighters from Berkshire, Enosburgh, Montgomery and Richford responded and extinguished the blaze. Two people who were inside the home at the time were uninjured, and the home suffered extensive damage.
Detectives from the Bureau of Criminal Investigations and the Department of Public Safety Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit responded to the scene. The man's body was taken to the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Burlington for an autopsy to determine his identity and the cause and manner of death. The origin and cause of the fire remain under investigation.
Berkshire Center Road, also known as Vermont Route 118, was closed for about five hours and has since reopened. Anyone with information is asked to contact the state police in St. Albans.
Source: Vermont State Police
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