Note: This story has been updated and edited as additional information has become available.
UPDATE, 6:25 p.m.: Lower Saucon Township Police issued a news release late Monday afternoon indicating that the investigation into the cause of Monday’s brush fire in the 2500 block of Apple Street is ongoing in cooperation with the Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal and the Northampton County Coroner’s Office. The press release did not identify the man who was found dead at the fire scene. It stated that “a deceased male was located on the grounds of the home” after police and fire companies responded to the report of a brush fire at 1:11 p.m. Shortly after 5 p.m. fire scene investigators could be seen photographing an area behind the large brown home where small yellow flags had been staked. To the rear of the property a large area of scorched grass was visible, and a Channel 69 WFMZ-TV news crew was parked along Apple Street videotaping a report.
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The Northampton County Coroner has been called to the scene of a brush and garage fire near Apple Street and Lower Saucon Road in Lower Saucon Township, according to a story the Express-Times posted Monday at about 2:30 p.m.
The fire–which burned several acres and drew dozens of first responders to eastern Lower Saucon–has now been contained, according to reports.
Saucon Source readers and Facebook users have reported that the fatality was in or near a garage that burned near the scene of the brush fire.
The fire victim was reportedly a Corvette collector, and the garage may have been filled with Corvettes.
It remains unclear if the fire began in the garage and spread outside or vice versa.
The Express-Times reported that the garage fire scene is at 2583 Apple Street.
Officials remain at the scene, and more information about both the cause of the fire and the identity of the victim is expected to be released later as an investigation continues.
That fire remains under investigation and officials have released no details about how Rodney Stine, 77, died.
Township safety officials subsequently issued a warning to local residents about disposal of hot ashes.
A home at 2583 Apple Street, Lower Saucon Township was the scene of brush fire that may have resulted in a fatality Monday. As of Monday afternoon authorities had not named the male victim or identified his cause of death. Areas of scorched grass can be seen to the right of the home.
Fire scene investigators are visible through the trees in the 2500 block of Apple Street, Lower Saucon Township, where a man was found dead when crews responded to a brush fire Monday.
A Channel 69 WFMZ-TV News crew is parked along Apple Street in Lower Saucon Township, near the scene of a brush fire where a man was found dead Monday.