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1 killed in Plover mobile home fire

Updated: Saturday, 17 Nov 2012, 1:34 PM CST
Published : Saturday, 17 Nov 2012, 1:34 PM CST

PLOVER, Wis. (AP) - One person is dead after fire destroyed a mobile home in Plover.

Authorities say a passer-by called the fire department just after 7 a.m. Friday after seeing smoke as he was driving past the Birch Estates mobile home park.

The passer-by also knocked on doors in the mobile home park, alerting neighbors to the fire. He couldn't get into the home that was on fire because of the heat and smoke.

Firefighters arrived to find the home engulfed in flames. The victim's body was discovered around 8:30 a.m. Authorities are not releasing the name of the victim yet.

An officer on the scene tells WAOW-TV the Portage County sheriff's office and the Plover Fire Department are investigating.