The man who died in a house fire Saturday morning in Lincolnville has been identified as 75-year-old Fritz Trisdale.
The Lincolnville Fire Department responded to a reported house fire at 11 Miller Town Drive just before 9:45 a.m. Saturday, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss said.
The fire department found a body inside the home and brought it to a funeral home to be examined by the Chief Medical Examiner’s office, officials said.
Police said Trisdale lived alone at the residence and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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