1 person killed in 3 apparently connected fires in Missouri
POLO, Mo. (AP) — An elderly woman died in one of three fires early Tuesday near a small northwest Missouri town that apparently were intentionally set, authorities said.
Caldwell County Sheriff Mitchell Allen said in a news release the first fire was reported about 8:30 a.m. at a home in rural Polo. A woman's body was found inside the home, he said.
During the next two hours, firefighters and deputies responded to two more fires along the same rural road, Allen said. No injuries were reported in those fires.
The sheriff's office said witnesses spotted the same vehicle — a dark, four-door passenger car, possibly a black Dodge Caliber — near each of the fires.
No further information was immediately released.