| A fire fatality Saturday in Ritchie County could be related to arson.
The state Fire Marshal's Office is calling the fire suspicious.
Dead is 57-year-old Terry Echard.
Assistant state Fire Marshal Mackey Ayersman says Echard died when his mobile home caught fire around 1:20 p.m. Saturday.
Neighbors extinguished the fire before firemen arrived.
Ayersman said Echard suffered from multiple sclerosis and had difficulty walking.
His body was sent to the state medical examiner's office in Charleston.
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