Published October 15, 2012, 11:48 AM

Tractor fire kills man in southeast North Dakota

LITCHVILLE, N.D. (AP) — A weekend tractor fire in southeastern North Dakota's Barnes County killed an 87-year-old rural Litchville man.

By: Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun

LITCHVILLE, N.D. (AP) — A weekend tractor fire in southeastern North Dakota's Barnes County killed an 87-year-old rural Litchville man.

Sheriff Randy McClaflin tells KOVC radio that Wesley Ten Pas was burning a slough Saturday when the flames grew out of control and burned the tractor he was driving.

Ten Pas was taken to a Minneapolis burn hospital, where he died.

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Information from: KOVC-AM, http://www.newsdakota.com

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