BERKSHIRE, Vt. — Berkshire Center Road in Berkshire, Vermont, has reopened to all traffic after a fire closed both lanes Friday afternoon, the Vermont State Police said.

The state police's St. Albans barracks had issued a traffic alert at 3:16 p.m. Friday saying the road was blocked between Cioffoletti Road and Robitaille Road because of a fire. At that point police said the closure was expected to last two to four hours and that details were not yet available.

In a follow-up notice issued Friday, the state police said the road had reopened. The notice did not say when the road reopened, what had burned or whether anyone was hurt.

The Signal reported Saturday that a man was found dead and badly burned outside a house on Berkshire Center Road, which is also Vermont Route 118, on the afternoon of Nov. 13. State police said a vehicle had gone onto the lawn of the home and caught fire, and the fire then spread to the house. Two people were inside and were not hurt.

Police had not identified the man and said an autopsy was expected to establish who he was and how he died. Investigators were still working to determine where and how the fire began, police said at the time.

Earlier coverage: Fire closes both lanes of Berkshire Center Road in Berkshire, state police say; Police probe man's death after vehicle blaze damages Berkshire home

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