One person is dead following a fire Thursday in Scottville.

Macoupin County Coroner Brad Targhetta responded to the structure fire in Scottville on Thursday and upon arrival pronounced 79 yer old Charles Camerer of Scottville dead at 5:45pm.

According to the Coroner, Camerer and his son-in-law were working on a vehicle when fuel was apparently ignited when the fumes reached the water heater in a shed. Both men tried to remove vehicles from the machine shed but the last time Camerer entered the structure, he was unable to get out.

Upon completion of the investigation, Camerer was taken to the Stults-Neece Funeral Home as requested by the family. No autopsy will be conducted. The cause of death appears to be carbon monoxide poisoning.