MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - Officials in Mineral County say a 71-year-old man died in a mobile home fire in a trailer park just outside of St. Regis.
Jerry Dockter, chief of the St. Regis Volunteer Fire Department, told the Missoulian a faulty propane water heater is believed to have caused the Monday morning fire.
The sheriff’s office on Wednesday identified the victim as Ronald Dean Sammons.
Dockter says a neighbor who was a caretaker for Sammons saw smoke coming from his trailer at about 8 a.m. but was unable to go inside to rescue him due to the fire and smoke.
The mobile home was gutted. Sammons was its only occupant.
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Information from: Missoulian, http://www.missoulian.com
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