Fatal Fire Was Suicide: Police

Prosecutors say a man found dead inside his burning unit at a southern New Jersey trailer park on Christmas Day died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
 
Emergency crews responding to the blaze at the Oak Tree Mobile Home Park in Jackson Township found 68-year-old William Slezak around 12:35 p.m. Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
 
Once firefighters got the blaze under control, authorities found an unknown device inside the residence and called in the bomb squad, according to officials.

An investigation from the New Jersey State Police's bomb squad determined there were no explosives inside the trailer.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Authorities have said no other residents were injured in the incident, and no other trailers were damaged.

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