500 block of East Washington Street, Carrier Mills
SALINE CO., Ill.---A house fire in Carrier Mills last night claimed the life of one of the occupants.
While Disclosure has been unable to talk with the Carrier Mills Volunteer Fire Department, officials with the Harrisburg Fire Department confirmed that the fire occurred shortly after midnight, as well as the fact that while HFD was battling another local house fire, they were able to send manpower to assist CMVFD.
Unofficial sources in the Mills advise that those on scene believed the fire, located in the 500 block of East Washington Street, may have been started by a lightning strike.
The Saline County Coroner's Office has confirmed that there was one fatality in the fire, and currently, a postmortem investigation is underway this afternoon. The name is not being released yet pending notification of all family members.
Our sources in Carrier Mills advise that the family in the residence, once they realized the fire was going, made their way out of the dwelling but noticed one of the younger family members hadn't made it out. Two people, one a family member, one who was not residing there but was staying there, are reported to have gone back inside and retrieved the young family member; however, one of those two didn't make it back out.
That's all the detail we have on it right now; please check back as we're going to be contacting Saline County Coroner's Office for an update in a bit.