The man who died in a fire at his home in Pelham last week has been identified as 31-year-old Christopher Bartlett, the Massachusetts State Fire Marshal’s Office said Thursday.
The Pelham Fire Department responded to 109 North Valley Road around 2:30 a.m. on April 25 after a passerby called 911 to report the fire, authorities said previously. Firefighters found the two-family home engulfed in flames and noted that despite this, no fire alarms could be heard going off at the home.
First responders soon learned that Bartlett — the building’s only current resident — was unaccounted for, authorities said. He was later found dead inside the home.
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With the aid of firefighters from Amherst, Belchertown, Granby, Hadley, Shutesbury and Ware, Pelham firefighters managed to knock down the bulk of the fire in about an hour, authorities said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation as of Thursday, but it does not appear to have been set intentionally, the state fire marshal’s office said.
Firefighters described the damage to the home as “catastrophic,” authorities said. Many walls and parts of the roof partially collapsed as a result of the fire.
No further information about the fire has been released.
