BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Two vehicles were smoldering in the parking lot of a SpringHill Suites hotel in Bakersfield Tuesday morning as emergency responders worked the scene.
Bakersfield police, fire department personnel, and EMS responded to the parking lot off Marriott Drive. Crime scene tape surrounded the area when 23ABC crews arrived around 5:30 a.m.
The cause of the incident has not yet been confirmed. This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
**UPDATE**
According to the Bakersfield Police Department, a driver was found dead inside a vehicle that caught fire in a Bakersfield hotel parking lot early Tuesday morning.
Officers were dispatched to the 3800 block of Marriott Drive at 4:53 a.m. regarding a single vehicle versus parked vehicles. Upon arrival, officers found the vehicle fully engulfed in flames with the driver still in the driver's seat.
Bakersfield Fire Department responded, extinguished the fire, and pronounced the driver deceased at the scene.
Bakersfield Police Department Traffic responded and assumed the investigation. The cause of the incident has not yet been confirmed. This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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