A fire last Thursday night at Flora Estates may have claimed the life of a 52-yearold resident there.

Johnnie F. Dyer was pulled from his burning mobile home by neighbors. The fire was originally spotted by neighborhood children who told their parents. The fire was reported at 8:46 p.m.

Two neighbors found Dyer in his smoke-filled living room on the sofa, but were overcome by smoke and returned outside. Two other neighbors went into the mobile home and pulled Dyer outside.

The Flora Volunteer Fire Department arrived on the scene at 602 Kenrick St. within four minutes of receiving the call and had the fire out within 15 minutes.

The cause is yet to be determined, said fire chief Scott Sisson.

"We're looking pretty hard at an electrical cause," he said. "It's pretty obvious."

The mobile home had extensive damage to the rear of the structure. The part of the residence where Dyer was found had only smoke and water damage.

Because of the fire may have resulted in a death, the State Fire Marshal's office was called to investigate.

An autopsy was performed on Dyer Friday morning in Lafayette. "Toxicology and other test results are pending for conclusive cause of death," said county coroner Jay Dee Cree.

""We've been called to Dyer's trailer before," said Sisson, "a couple of years ago. That was a careless smoking thing on his part.

Services for Dyer were held Monday in Burlington.