Update: Body Found in Burned Out Shed in Bay Point

Update:

Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire that claimed the life of a male victim this afternoon in Bay Point, an official with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said. Fire crews responded just after 4 p.m. to the 400 block of Shore Road, Fire Marshal Robert Marshall said.

He said crews arrived to find heavy fire coming from a shed that was adjacent to a residence. Several propane tanks and acetylene gas used in welding torches was also burning and caused some explosions as the gas burned in the fire, Marshall said.

Firefighters concentrated their efforts on extinguishing the blaze and making sure it didn’t spread to the house, he said. Marshall said as soon as firefighters were able to approach the shed and extinguish the blaze, they located the body of a male victim. Further identifying information was not available this evening, Marshall said.

The fire was extinguished in roughly 20 minutes but not before it had burned the shed, along with some fencing and a small patch of grass.

Earlier:

One person died in a fire at a shed in Bay Point this afternoon, an official with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said.

Fire crews responded just after 4 p.m. to the 400 block of Shore Road, Fire Marshal Robert Marshall said.

Marshall said firefighters arrived to find a fire in a shed that was threatening a structure. After the fire crews extinguished the blaze, they found a body in the shed, Marshall said.

--Bay City News