Investigators continue to comb through the debris of a trailer that caught fire early Tuesday morning in Coquitlam, killing the man inside.
The fire broke out just after 1 a.m. in the 4100-block of Cedar Drive in Coquitlam and the trailer was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, said Coquitlam RCMP Const. Jamie Phillipson.
"Unfortunately, they located a deceased male inside the trailer, at which point they called Coquitlam RCMP," Phillipson said.
The Coroner's Service and police are working with Coquitlam Fire & Rescue to determine the cause of the fire.
"There is nothing that appears suspicious to us at this point though we never rule that out," said Chief Wade Pierlot. "It was in a really old mobile travel trailer, about 14 or 16 feet. The fire was significant for that type of vehicle. When the first crews arrived, they could see it on approach."
No information about the victim's identity was released before The Tri-City News' deadline.
