the smartest man in Sallislaw, Oklahoma
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:57 pm
is obviously the Sheriff, because when someone is burned to death in their home in Sallislaw, it's not like aliens abducted him, set him on fire, then dropped him back into his house. It's more likely that he just caught fire all of a sudden!
it's unclear from the article where the Sheriff attended post-grad
it's unclear from the article where the Sheriff attended post-grad
SALLISAW, Okla. (CBS Houston/AP) — Sequoyah County authorities say a man who died in a fire at his home may have spontaneously combusted.
Danny Vanzandt, 66, died in the blaze on Monday.
Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart says several neighbors entered the home when they saw smoke and assumed trash had caught fire. Then they realized a person was burning.
Lockhart said the remains were in the kitchen and there was no other damage in the home. The sheriff says there was no apparent source of the fire.
“This is a case that I’ve never seen before,” Lockhart told KFSM-TV.
Authorities say the man had a history of heavy drinking and smoking.
No cause of the fire has been determined and Lockhart says spontaneous combustion has not been ruled out.
“I think there’s only about 200 cases worldwide, and I’m not saying this happened. I’m just saying that we haven’t ruled it out,” Lockhart told KFSM.
The body was sent to the state Medical Examiner’s Office in Tulsa for an autopsy.
