UPDATE: 77-year-old man killed in Mukwonago house fire
Posted: Jun 19, 2018 7:25 AM CDT
Updated 3:30 p.m. on June 19, 2018
UPDATE: MUKWONAGO, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The victim in the fatal Mukwonago house fire has been identified as 77-year-old Richard Hoover.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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MUKWONAGO, Wis. (CBS 58) – One person was killed in a house fire in Mukwonago Monday evening.
Authorities say they were called to the home around 5:33 p.m.
When crews got to the scene near Road X and Dable Rd., they saw smoke and flames coming from the basement window in the back of the home.
Once a crew was in the home, they found the victim dead on the first floor. No one else was hurt in the fire.
An investigation into the incident is underway.