CULLODEN, W.Va. — A Cabell County man took his own life by setting fire to his house Tuesday, investigators with the state Fire Marshal’s Office said.
“Evidence indicates that the victim, a 48 year old male, committed suicide via the fire. No other people were injured and the fire has been ruled incendiary in nature by the Fire Marshal’s investigators,” a social media post from the Fire Marshal’s Office Wednesday morning said.
The fire was reported early Tuesday afternoon at the residence on Penn Oak Drive in the community of Culloden.