Appomattox Field Office investigating a fatal fire in Cumberland County

The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Appomattox Field Office is investigating a fatal fire in Cumberland County.

The fire was reported at 11:43 p.m. on May 22 at a residence in the 100 block of Cooks Road. When fire crews arrived on scene, the residence was engulfed in flames.

The resident of the house, Johnson H. Wiley, 99, was located inside the residence deceased. His remains were transported to the Office of the Medical Examiner in Richmond for examination and autopsy.

The cause of the fire is undetermined, but there is no evidence to indicate the fire was suspicious in nature.

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