A 65-year-old Brainerd woman died in a grass fire Sunday afternoon.
The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to the fire shortly after noon in the 6400 block of Wetherbee Road, where they located the homeowner’s body near a lawn tractor.
“She was on the lawn tractor and had some mobility issues and wasn’t able to get away from the fire,” Sheriff Eric Klang said in a phone interview Monday.
Klang said the woman died from the fire. He added that it’s unclear whether the tractor ignited the fire or if the homeowner was doing a controlled burn in the yard.
The woman’s name is being withheld pending family notification.
State fire marshals and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources are investigating the fire with the sheriff’s office.
