Woman is found dead in house fire

JONESBORO - Firefighters found the body of a woman in a burned home in Craighead County on Tuesday evening, Bono Fire Chief Trent Edwards said.

Karen Judy Rogers, 54, was found on the kitchen floor of her home on Arkansas 91 West near the Westside Consolidated School District.

A Craighead County deputy reported seeing smoke billowing from the home about 9 p.m. and notified the Fire Department. When firefighters arrived, flames were shooting out of the front windows and the living room was fully ablaze, Edwards said.

Edwards said the fire appeared to have begun in the attic. He said the cause is still under investigation.

“It’s a tragic thing whenever we lose someone,” he said.