(VASSAR TOWNSHIP) — Authorities say the 61-year old Vassar Township man killed during a fire Tuesday afternoon, died of natural causes. The fire was reported at a home on Scotch Road. Tuscola County Undersheriff Glen Skrent says a deputy and Vassar Police officer arrived on the scene just after 3:30 p.m. and found an enclosed trailer on fire next to the house. The officers pulled the victim, Roy Luther Gidding, from under the trailer. He was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy showed Gidding died of natural causes, not by the fire. Deputy Cory Jacobs and Officer Jodi Grant received minor burns and were treated at the scene.
