A CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, MAN PERISHED IN A TREEHOUSE Sunday when a fire burned the structure with him in it.
The elaborate treehouse had two levels with stairs to each, ornate trim and electric power. The 32-yr.-old man lived with his parents and had been building the treehouse for his daughter’s amusement. His parents thought something might be wrong when they smelled smoke and walked the 100 yards through the woods to the treehouse site where they found it completely burned out.
They didn’t know where their son was until a fire investigator found his charred remains under the ash and char. They said that it wasn’t unusual for him to sleep there and he was known to have used candles inside the structure.
The investigation into the cause is still continuing. It was not reported whether the house had a smoke detector or sprinkler system.
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