A house fire on 78 County Road 496 in Mountain Home at 11:14 Sunday evening has killed one person. The body of a woman was found inside the home and has not yet been identified until the next of kin are notified. The cause of the fire is under investigation. A subsequent telephone report at approximately 11:21 indicated that the house was nearly burned down and that the homeowners car was there.
According to Captain Darrin Peoples, of the Mountain Home Fire Department, 15 personnel were on scene, including two tankers, a fire engine and three support vehicles, for four hours to extinguish the blaze. Mutual aid was received from Clarkridge and Midway Fire Departments. Baxter County Sheriff’s deputies also responded to the scene. The home was completely destroyed.
The body was removed by the County Coroner and is being sent to the Arkansas State Medical Examiners Office in Little Rock for autopsy to confirm the cause and manner of death.
Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says all indications are that the deceased is the woman who resided alone at the residence.
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