(KMZA)--Authorities have identified the man killed last week following an explosion and fire at a home in the Marshall County community of Vermillion.
Marshall County Sheriff Dan Hargrave Thursday identified the victim as 83-year-old Don McLaughlin.
Emergency crews were called to his home in the 300 block of East 5th Street around 7:15 last Friday morning after several 911 calls reported an explosion . When emergency personnel arrived, they found the home fully engulfed in flames.
The fire was brought under control about three hours later. A search of the burned-out home then led to the discovery of McLaughlin's body.
The body was sent for an autopsy.
Hargrave said the explosion and fire remains under investigation by the Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office.
A funeral service for McLaughlin will be held Monday morning at 10:00 at the Padden Funeral Chapel in Frankfort. Burial will follow at the Vermillion City Cemetery.
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