MOUNT VERNON - Officials from the Illinois State Fire Marshal's office have been called in to investigate a house fire that killed one man overnight in Mount Vernon.
The fire happened at 1218 South 23rd St. Firefighters were called to the scene at 9:54 p.m. Sunday and found the house was engulfed by flames and smoke on three sides, said Lt. Scott Pennington of the Mount Vernon Fire Department.
Firefighters were able to enter the house through the back, and that's when they found that the home's occupant, a man whose identity has not been released, perished in the fire.
One of the fire department's oxygen tanks exploded while crews were battling the blaze, but other than a minor foot injury, no firefighters were seriously hurt in the event, Pennington said. - http://goo.gl/IlFEB
