Deadly Brighton Fire

Brighton - The Brighton Betsey Ann Fire Department was contacted at 6:08 a.m. to battle a trailer fire in the 34000 block of Crystal Lake Road in Brighton and once firefighters could check discovered an unidentified body.

The Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office was called to the scene to investigate because of the fatal fire.

Brighton Betsey Ann Fire Protection District Deputy Fire Chief John Mueller said it took about nine or 10 minutes for his department to arrive on the scene and when they did, the trailer was fully engulfed with fire.

Mueller said: “We can’t verify now whether it was a man or woman.” The person was found in the front of the home, the deputy fire chief said.

Mueller said firemen started fighting the battle at the front of the trailer and when some firefighters went in the back door to the bedroom but could not find anyone. The body was eventually found in the front of the house.

The deputy fire chief said the cause of the fire was still to be determined.