Man Found Dead in Trailer Fire

The Prince George’s County Office of the Fire Marshal is investigating the death of a man in a camping trailer fire.

About 5:15 a.m. Saturday, firefighters were called to a fire in the 11300 block of Tippett Road in Clinton. A 20-foot camping trailer was fully engulfed in fire. Once the fire was out, firefighters found the body of an adult male inside the trailer.

As is always the case involving fires involving a fatality, the Prince George’s County Police Department will join fire investigators until a cause of the fire and cause of death have been determined.

The identity and cause of death will need to be confirmed by an autopsy.

Fire loss is estimated at $10,000 to the trailer and contents.

»Photo of fire scene by Paul Hawkins, PGFD Observer