One found dead inside burned travel trailer in Oklahoma City

The Associated Press - February 8, 2018 11:42 am

The remnants of a travel trailer after an early morning fire in the 1000 block of S.E. 26th street on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Firemen found the body of the 12th fatal fire victim of the year in the debris. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Firefighters say one person was found dead inside a burned travel trailer in southeast Oklahoma City.

Battalion Fire Chief Benny Fulkerson says the unidentified body was in a trailer that was parked in a street in an industrial area early Thursday.

Fulkerson says the fire was reported at 12:20 a.m. Thursday and the trailer was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.

A suspected cause of the fire has not been determined and Fulkerson said police are also investigating because a fatality is involved.

 

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