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A rural LeRoy man has died as a result of a house fire early Saturday morning, according to the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO).

According to Fillmore Sheriff John DeGeorge, the FCSO received a 911 call a little before 4 a.m. Saturday morning reporting a house fire in the 13000 block of 111th Avenue, LeRoy. Deputies from the Mower County Sheriffs Office were first to respond and spoke with a 46-year-old woman who had sustained an injury while escaping from the fire by jumping from a window.

The woman advised deputies that 90-year-old Donald Norval Anderson was still in the home along with a pair of dogs. Anderson was subsequently found dead in the home along with one of the dogs.

DeGeorge said that Fillmore County investigators and deputies as well as the Minnesota State Fire Marshal’s Office are continuing to investigate the cause of the fire.