Colony police are investigating the death of a man after he was found in a vacant field that had caught fire early Friday morning. Police received multiple 911 calls around 6:22 a.m. on Friday of reports of a brushfire in the 5400 block of State Highway 121. Motorists in the area reported a fire in a vacant field between two businesses, according to police. Police say that after the fire was extinguished the body of a man was discovered in the debris. According to police, the wooded area appeared to be used as a small encampment and evidence suggests the adjacent fire ignited a mattress and the victim. The investigation is ongoing.