Dec 17, 2018
Archived: UPDATE: One Person Dead After Campers Set On Fire
UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 58-year-old Andrew Henry Muehlbauer of Rice. He died from accidentally inhaling combustion products.
A fire broke out at an auto-repair garage in Rice that led to the death of one person.
The Rice Police Department says a fire in a camper at the Janski Garage was reported at around 9 a.m. on Friday. Responding officers found three campers parked next to other with all of the campers engulfed in flames.
Nearby people familiar with the campers believed someone was inside, as there was a person known to stay in one of them. The Rice Fire Department extinguished the fire and located the body of an adult victim.
The body has been transported transported to the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy and identification. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but authorities believe there is no public danger.







































