State police investigate fatal vehicle fire in Warren; conduct traffic stops on I-89
February 18, 2025 | By Waterbury Roundabout Update: This post was updated with an additional state police report today.
Vermont State Police are investigating a fatal vehicle fire that happened in Warren late Monday morning.
Details were scarce in the police report today that said the incident took place at 11:30 a.m. Monday in a parking area at 500 Vermont Route 100 in Warren. The location is just north of the Rt. 100 intersection with the Sugarbush Access Road.
A passerby reported the fire and Warren Fire Department responded along with state troopers and detectives from the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations and the state Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit, police said.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze and “located a deceased individual in the vehicle’s driver’s seat,” police said.
The report did not specify the type of vehicle, its registration, nor the gender of the deceased occupant. It did note that, “Initial evidence gathered at the scene does not indicate this is a suspicious event.”
The body was taken to the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for an autopsy to determine the identity of the victim and their cause and manner of death. Investigators from the Fire and Explosives Unit are investigating the origin and cause of the vehicle fire, police said.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the state police Berlin barracks at 802-229-9191 or provide an anonymous tip online at vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
Highway patrol nets a dozen stops
Also Tuesday, Vermont State Police reported that two troopers from the Berlin barracks conducted a safety patrol between 10:15 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Interstate 89 in Washington and Orange Counties between Brookfield and Waterbury. The purpose of the patrol was to spot aggressive drivers and promote safe driving, police said.
As a result, troopers said they made 12 traffic stops and issued 7 tickets and 5 written warnings. Some highlights: One driver was arrested for driving with a criminally suspended license.
Four drivers were ticketed for traveling over 85 mph.
One driver received a ticket for an expired registration.
Vermont State Police remind motorists to drive responsibly, rely on a sober driver, leave a safe distance between vehicles, and put their phones down.