One woman is dead after a home fire in Excelsior Springs on Friday morning. According to Excelsior Springs police spokesman Lt. Ryan Dowdy, just before 5:30 a.m., the Excelsior Springs Fire Department and police were called to a mobile home park for a porch on fire. The mobile home is on Stratton Street near Lake Maurer Road.
Officers said when they arrived, they found that the mobile home was starting to burn. The fire department arrived and searched the mobile home. Inside one of the bedrooms, they found a woman who was dead, according to police. Police said it is believed that she lived alone inside the home.ย The victimโs name has not yet been released. The Missouri State Fire Marshalโs Office has been called to investigateย
