
GREAT BEND -Officials with the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s office are helping investigate a fatal fire at a mobile home in Great Bend.
The fire was reported just after 8 a.m. on Friday at a mobile home near the intersection of 4th and Pine, according to Great Bend Fire Chief Mike Napalitano.
Investigator headed to the scene of a fatality fire in a Great Bend trailer home.
— Kansas Fire Marshal (@ksfiremarshal) February 26, 2016
“We have one confirmed fatality,” according to Napalitano. No other injuries are reported.
A 19-year old occupant stated he woke to the sounds of breaking glass and alerted the other occupant of the fire. The 19-year old escaped through a window and went to a neighbor’s house to call 911. Once firefighters were able to gain entry they found Lance Stevens, 41, in the back bedroom. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the fire has been ruled accidental with the probability of electrical.