Authorities said Tuesday the man who died in an early morning car fire on Route 35 last week was a Berkeley resident.

Robert Sanders, of Leeward Court in the Bayville section of Berkeley, died in a 2001 Jeep Cherokee that burst into flames near a bank branch office on Route 35 early in the morning of Oct. 19, First Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said. Sanders was 34.

The exact cause of death is still under investigation, Gramiccioni said. No other details on the incident were available.

Emergency crews from Wall Fire Company 1, Wall Township First Aid & Rescue and Wall Police were called to 2007 Route 35 shortly before 4 a.m. on Oct. 19 for a fully involved vehicle fire.

Once the fire was put out, a single occupant, the driver, was found inside.

Wall Township Detective Bureau, Wall Township Fire Bureau, Monmouth County Fire Marshal's Office, Monmouth County Medical Examiner and the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office were called to the scene.

The Jeep had stopped near a Wells Fargo Branch office, located near a rear exit to New Bedford Road. A rear wheel had exploded from the heat and the paint was singed of the vehicle.