BEAVER DAM, Wis. (WKOW) — One person has died after a house fire in Beaver Dam early Friday morning.
Crews responded at 1:48 a.m. to the fire at North Hills Mobile Park in Lot 43 on Kellom Road, according to a press release.
Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt said deputies were on scene within three minutes of the call and found the home engulfed in flames.
The Beaver Dam Fire Department responded, along with other fire agencies, to extinguish the fire.
Schmidt said one resident, a 29-year-old man, was able to make it out of the residence safely.
Another resident of the home, a 29-year-old woman, of Beaver Dam, was not able to escape. She was pronounced dead at the scene by the Dodge County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The pets within the home were also found dead, Schmidt reported.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office and the State Fire Marshal.
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