Jan 28, 2022

Officials ID woman who died in Kansas house fire

Posted Jan 28, 2022 4:00 PM
Photo courtesy KWCH
Photo courtesy KWCH

EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — Officials in south-central Kansas have identified a woman killed in a house fire earlier this week. Television station KSNW reports that 71-year-old Rebecca Switzer, of El Dorado, died in the Tuesday fire.

Officials say the fire was reported around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday on the south end of El Dorado, and arriving firefighters found Switzer already dead inside the burning home. An investigation found the cause of the fire to be accidental.