(ABC 6 News) – The Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Anderson Farm co-owner Donald Norval Anderson died in a house fire at the farm Saturday morning.

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According to the FCSO, Mower County deputies were the first on scene, and spoke with a 46-year-old woman, co-owner Elham Alayyoub who sustained an injury jumping from a window to escape the fire.

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She advised deputies that Donald Anderson was still in the house with two dogs.

The FCSO said Anderson and one dog was found deceased inside the home.

Fillmore County investigators and the Minnesota State Fire Marshall’s Office are still determining the cause of the fire.

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(ABC 6 News) – A house fire in Fillmore County on Saturday morning left one person dead and another injured.

According to a press release from the Fillmore County Sheriff, the house fire call came in around 3:56 a.m. on 111th Ave in LeRoy.

A 90-year-old Fillmore County man who was in the home at the time of the fire was pronounced deceased at the scene.

An adult female was transported from the scene to Saint Marys hospital with injuries resulting from the fire.

Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office is in the early stages of the investigation and does not have any further information available at this time.

The Chester Iowa Fire Department, Ostrander Fire Department, Spring Valley Fire Department, Spring Valley Ambulance, Leroy Fire Department, Leroy Ambulance, Mower County Sheriff’s Office and Fillmore County Sheriff’s Deputies and Investigators responded.