"I'll say they're definitely suspicious because they are 150 feet apart and both on fire," says Capt. Dan Trudeau of the Vermont State Police

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WEBVTT THE HARWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER THEY OPENED THEIR DOOR AND INVESTIGATORS SPACE TO WOR THEY’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT STARTED THE TWO FIRES THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE. >> I WOULD SAY WAS SUSPICIOUS BECAUSE THEY ARE 150 A PART. MATT: VERMONT STATE POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT STARTED TWO SEPARATE FIRES IN WOODBURY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. FIREFIGHTERS GOT THE CALL JUST AFTER 11:00, ARRIVING TO 715 BLISS ROAD FINDING IT UP IN FLAMES, AS CREWS WORKED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT, THEY DISCOVERED ANOTHER BUILDING ABOUT 150 FEET AWAY WAS ALSO ON FIRE. >> ONCE THEY GOT THEM BOTH EXTINGUISHED, THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WERE HUMAN REMAINS IN EACH. MATT: INVESTIGATORS SPENT MUCH OF WEDNESDAY ON THE SCENE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE FIRES STARTED AND HOW THE TWO PEOPLE DIED, BUT THEY KNOW ONE THING FOR SURE. >> THERE IS NO WAY ONE FIRE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT FAR AWAY. IT IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY. MATT: ONE OF THE BUILDINGS WAS SO BADLY DAMAGED, PART OF IT COLLAPSED. >> THE ENTIRE ROOF AND SECOND FLOOR ARE BURNED COMPLETELY AND EVERYTHING COLLAPSED ON THE FIRST OR. THAT IS WHAT WE HAD TO BRING IN SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TO REINFORCE AND SHORE UP THE FIRST FLOOR SO WE COULD GET ONTO THE CRIME SCENE. MATT: INVESTIGATORS SAYING THEY WILL BE ON SCENE FOR A FEW DAYS AND ARE LOOKING TO TALK TO ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, GIVE STATE POLICE A CALL, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER WILL DETERMINE THE PEOPLE’S IDENTITIES AND THEIR CAU

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Agencies are investigating two suspicious fatal fires in Woodbury."I'll say they're definitely suspicious because they are 150 feet apart and both on fire," Vermont State Police Capt. Dan Trudeau said.Troopers said firefighters first responded to a home at 715 Bliss Road about 11:10 p.m. Tuesday.While fighting the blaze, crews realized the neighboring home at 637 Bliss Road was also on fire.The two homes are about 150 feet apart. Crews quickly extinguished both fires."Once they got them both extinguished, they recognized that there were human remains in each," Trudeau said.Inside the home at 715 Bliss Road, investigators found human remains.At 637 Bliss Road, firefighters also found a dead body.Investigators are at the scene trying to determine how the fires started."There is no way one fire can communicate that far away to another building. It's an impossibility," Sgt. Todd Ambroz said. Detectives were also gathering evidence."The roof and the second floor are burned completely. Everything collapsed onto the first floor. That's why we had to bring in the Urban Search and Rescue to reinforce and sure up the first floor, so that we can get onto the crime scene and process it," Ambroz said. The names of the victims have not yet been released.The Chief Medical Examiner will perform autopsies to determine their causes of death.The Red Cross provided food and drinks to the 30 to 40 firefighters who responded to the scene.Police are asking if you know anything about the fires, call them at 802-229-9191.