Actions

West Bloomfield fire victim identified

Posted at 11:58 AM, Oct 02, 2017
and last updated 2017-10-02 15:38:41-04

The man killed in a Waushara County house fire in September has been identified.

Crews found the body of Sean Kerry Bruechert, 62, after fighting the fire, however his cause of death is still under investigation, the Waushara County Sheriff's Office said.

On September 19, just before 9 p.m., fire crews were called to Bruechert's home on N. County Road A in West Bloomfield for a report of a house fire.

They found his home fully engulfed in flames. After battling the fire, crews found Bruechert's body inside his home.

The fire department is still investigating the cause of the fire, but no foul play is suspected.