UPDATE: Police identify man found dead in Moorhead camper fire

MOORHEAD, Minn. (Valley News Live) - UPDATE: The Moorhead Police Department has identified the victim who died in a Moorhead camper fire as 68 year old Richard Branson.

Several emergency agencies responded to a pickup on fire, with a mounted camper on it, in the 1900 block of 1st Ave. N, around 6:15 am on Feb. 8, 2024. That’s near Churches United.

Officials say, fire crews found his body as they entered the camper to put out the blaze.

The autopsy report states the cause of Branson’s death as soot and smoke inhalation. The final autopsy report is, including toxicology, is still pending.

The fire was ruled accidental and caused by a portable propane heat source being too close to combustibles inside the camper.