OKOLONA – An Okolona man has died in a mobile home fire.
Fire Chief Terry Tucker tells WTVA-TV in Tupelo that the body of 59-year-old Jeremy McCaimey Senior was found inside the single-wide trailer Wednesday night.
Tucker says firefighters were called to the home just after 10 p.m. and got the flames under control in less than an hour.
Tucker says it”s not clear what caused the fire or how the victim died.
Tucker says fire investigators with the state and with Chickasaw County will be at the home Thursday.
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