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DWIGHT, Ill. - A man who was killed after his vehicle went up in flames in the parking lot of a gas station in Grundy County has been identified.
The fire happened at 3 a.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Love's Travel Center at 12 W. Northbrook Drive in Dwight.
The man's van was fully engulfed when fire crews arrived. After they extinguished the fire, firefighters say they found his remains.
He was pronounced deceased at 3:55 a.m.
The Grundy County Coroner's Office conducted an autopsy on Thursday afternoon.
On Friday, the coroner released the man's identity, as 71-year-old Percy L. Eichelberger, of Starkville, Miss.
Eichelberger died from injuries he sustained in the fire, accordingto the coroner.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.