STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
CASE#: 26A2007716
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Detective
Sgt. Dan Trottier
STATION: St.
Albans
CONTACT#: 802-524-5993
DATE/TIME: About 1:15 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 13, 2026
INCIDENT LOCATION: 6578 Berkshire
Center Rd., Berkshire, VT
INCIDENT TYPE: Death investigation
VICTIM: Name withheld at this time
AGE:
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE:
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
The Vermont State Police is
investigating an incident in which a man’s body was found following a fire
Friday afternoon, Nov. 13, 2026, in Berkshire.
The incident occurred shortly
before 1:15 p.m., when emergency crews received a report that a vehicle had
driven onto the lawn at 6578 Berkshire Center Rd., caught fire, and also
ignited the home. Firefighters from departments in Berkshire, Enosburgh,
Montgomery and Richford responded and extinguished the blaze. Crews located the
burned body of a man outside the home and notified the Vermont State Police.
Two people who were inside the home
at the time were uninjured. The home suffered extensive damage.
Troopers including 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
brought to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for an autopsy to
determine his identity and the cause and manner of death.
The investigation into this
incident, including the origin and cause of the fire, is active and ongoing.
Anyone with information that could assist detectives is asked to call the state
police in St. Albans at 802-584-5993 or provide an anonymous tip online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
Berkshire Center Road, also known
as Vermont Route 118, was closed for about five hours but has since reopened.
No additional details are available
at this time. The Vermont State Police will provide updates as the
investigation proceeds.
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