By Michael Donoghue, Vermont News First

Authorities in Windsor say they are investigating a report that a man barricaded himself inside a home and was found dead inside after a suspicious fire on Saturday.

The body of a man was found inside the residence at 15 Kennedy Drive after the flames were extinguished Saturday morning, Windsor officials said.

The name of the victim was being withheld pending notification of family members.

When the alarm was reported about 8 a.m., first responders were told that a man may still have been inside the structure, officials said.

A deceased man was later found in the basement, Windsor Police Chief Williams Daniels reported.

The body will be brought to the morgue for Vermont’s Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington for an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death, officials said.

The Vermont State Police fire investigative division has been asked to determine the cause and origin of the blaze.

The Windsor Firefighters received help from fire departments in West Windsor, Hartford, Weathersfield, and from both Claremont and Cornish, N.H.