佛蒙特州一辆车冲进民宅草坪起火并引燃房屋:一名男子身亡,州警展开死亡调查

佛蒙特州警察局11月13日通报,该州富兰克林县Berkshire镇当天下午发生火灾:一辆车冲上一户住宅的草坪后起火,并引燃房屋,消防员在屋外发现一具被烧焦的男子遗体;州警已展开死亡调查。案件编号26A2007716,死者姓名暂未公布。
通报说,事发在13日下午1时15分前不久,地点是Berkshire Center路6578号。Berkshire、Enosburgh、Montgomery与Richford四镇的消防部门赶到现场将火扑灭。事发时屋内有两人,均未受伤;房屋损毁严重。
州警刑事调查局与佛蒙特州公共安全部火灾与爆炸调查组的侦探已赶到现场。男子遗体被送往位于Burlington的首席法医办公室验尸,以确认其身份与死亡原因和方式;火灾的起火点与起因仍在调查中。
事发路段Berkshire Center路(即佛蒙特州118号公路)一度封闭约5小时,现已重新开放。州警呼吁知情者联系圣奥尔本斯分局提供线索。
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.
来源:佛蒙特州警察局
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图片来源:图:佛蒙特州Berkshire镇West Berkshire一带乡村景色(Wikimedia Commons,Bobchaffee 摄,CC BY 3.0)。 / Photo: Rural landscape in West Berkshire, Vermont (Wikimedia Commons, by Bobchaffee, CC BY 3.0).
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