NEWBURG TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — An 87-year-old woman has died in a house fire in Cass County.
Firefighters were called at around 10 p.m. Sunday.
Sheriff’s deputies were first to respond to the 911 call, finding the home fully engulfed in flames and two of its three occupants outside in the cold with three of their four dogs.
The fourth dog was located and sent to the animal shelter for treatment.
But they could not rescue Phyllis Jean Tucker, who was found inside the home. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the fire in the 61000 block of Lewis Lake Road remains under investigation.
– John McNeill
