NY firefighters put out brush fire, find dead body

LAGRANGE, N.Y.

The call came in about 5:15 a.m. Sunday at James Baird Park in the /*Dutchess County*/ town of /*Lagrange*/, in New York's Hudson Valley.

The fire was located near the entrance to the /*Taconic State Parkway*/.

Firefighters who put the blaze out found the badly burned body.

New York State Police say the case is being treated as a homicide.

They did not release any other information.

The park was closed Sunday.

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