(KMZA)--An early Thursday morning mobile home fire claimed the life of an elderly Marshall County man.

Marshall County Sheriff Daniel Hargrave said in a news release that 86-year-old Donald Jacobson, of rural Vermillion, died in the fire reported around 3:20 at 3055 Valley Road.

Hargrave says Jacobson's son, Larry, also lived at the residence and escaped unharmed.

He says the Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office was called to the scene and determined the fire was accidental.

Responding to the fire were the Frankfort Fire Department, Nemaha County Fire Department from Centralia, Marshall County Sheriff's Department and Frankfort Ambulance.