Colony police are investigating the death of a man after he was found in a vacant field that had caught fire early Friday morning.
Police received multiple 911 calls around 6:22 a.m. on Friday of reports of a brushfire in the 5400 block of State Highway 121.
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Motorists in the area reported a fire in a vacant field between two businesses, according to police.
Police say that after the fire was extinguished the body of a man was discovered in the debris.
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According to police, the wooded area appeared to be used as a small encampment and evidence suggests the adjacent fire ignited a mattress and the victim.
The investigation is ongoing.
