Published January 29, 2010, 03:30 PM
Body found in western Minn. house fire identified
DALTON, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have identified the man found in a burned home in rural Dalton in western Minnesota earlier this week. He's 28-year-old Michael P. Jacobs.
DALTON, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have identified the man found in a burned home in rural Dalton in western Minnesota earlier this week. He's 28-year-old Michael P. Jacobs.
KBRF-AM reports an autopsy determined that Jacobs died of carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of the fire.
The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office says the fire was reported at the home along County Highway 82 about 1 a.m. Thursday. The body was found inside.
The home was a total loss. Authorities are saying the cause of the fire was accidental.
This is the second fatal fire in the county in the past two weeks. A man died in a home fire in Parkers Prairie on Jan. 19.
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