Body found at Springhill Township fire scene
WAYNESBURG — State police and the Greene County Coroner’s office said Wednesday that no new or updated information was available regarding an incident in which a body was found at the scene of a fire that occurred on March 10 in Springhill Township.
State police issued a release on March 11 reporting that they and state police fire marshals were investigating the fire that occurred at 498 Morford Road where “a deceased person was found badly burned within the fire scene.”
In the report, police did not release any information about the deceased person who was found at the scene, including name, age, gender and whether or not the person lived at the Morford Road residence.
An autopsy was scheduled to be conducted on March 11 to determine the identification of and cause of death for the person found at the scene of the fire, according to the police report.
However, the Greene County coroner’s office said Wednesday that no new or updated information was available and would not comment on whether or not the autopsy had been conducted yet.
State police also said Wednesday that they had no updates on any information pertaining to the incident, and added that the investigation is ongoing.
On March 10, the Messenger contacted New Freeport Volunteer Fire Company — who was the primary responder to the fire — and a representative from the fire company said the fire was called in by an unidentified neighbor at 3:20 a.m.
The representative stated that when the fire company responded to the scene they observed a mobile home engulfed in flames and found a body in front of the structure, and it took fire fighters less than 30 minutes to extinguish the blaze.
Volunteer fire departments from Richhill Township and Cameron, W.Va., along with Southwest EMS, assisted at the scene, according to reports.