RAPID CITY, S.D. - Authorities confirm three people are dead after a fire destroyed a mobile home in western South Dakota.
Rapid City fire officials say investigators recovered the bodies by mid-afternoon Friday. Two of the bodies appear to be those of adults, but authorities don't know their age, gender and relationship to each other. Investigators are trying to determine the age of the third victim.
Two people were able to escape the home before firefighters arrived. The two had minor injuries. After talking to witnesses, law enforcement and firefighters began looking for three people who were unaccounted for.
Firefighters from a dozen departments responded to the early Friday fire. The cause remains under investigation.