CHATHAM, Va. – Pittsylvania County authorities are not yet releasing the name of the person who died in a mobile home fire Sunday night.
The Pittsylvania County 911 Center dispatched units to a home at 1599 Double Bridge Road in Chatham about 11:30 Sunday night. The mobile home was engulfed in flames when the first units arrived.
Firefighters discovered the body as they worked to extinguish the flames. The victim’s name is being withheld pending a positive identification and cause of death from the state medical examiner.
The trailer was a total loss. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Firefighters from the Climax, Chatham, Gretna, Callands and Cool Branch Volunteer Fire Departments responded to the call, along with the Chatham Rescue Squad.