On Thursday evening around 7:30pm the Deerfield Fire Department with mutual aide assistance of the Nevada Fire Department and Compton Junction Fire Department responded to a house fire located on Route O Highway around 1/2 mile West of CR 900 in rural Vernon County.
The fire was said to be a total loss and one of the three occupants in the home a man who was later identified as Johnny Mann sustained serious injuries and he was transported to Mercy Hospital Burn Unit in Springfield, Mo.
The other occupants in the home escaped injury and the America Red Cross Volunteers were brought in to help them. After investigation the cause of the fire involved a kerosene heater used to provide heat in the rental home.
Mid America Live News will update with the condition of Mr. Mann when more information is made available to us.
