Woman Killed In Oakland County House Fire: Sheriff

BRANDON TOWNSHIP, MI — A woman was killed in a Monday morning house fire in Oakland County, according to the sheriff's office.

The fire happened at 7:14 a.m. at a home in the Clarkston Lakes mobile home community near Sashabaw Road and Oak Hill Road in Brandon Township, officials said.

Firefighters found the single-wide mobile home fully engulfed in flames, officials said.

The 46-year-old Brandon Township woman was killed in the fire, officials said.

Neighbors tried to rescue her from the rear of the burning home, but were unsuccessful, officials said.

The mother’s 13-year-old son, who was in a bedroom toward the rear of the home, and two other boys, ages 14 and 15, were in the front of the home and were all able to escape the home without injuries, officials said.

Officials were still trying to determine what caused the fire.

"While we are still in the process of determining cause and origin, any fire is a reminder that we should make sure our smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are in working order and we know how to escape from any room in our house should an emergency call for it," Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with this family in this difficult time."