A singed shell is all that’s left after a tragic fire at a state run residential care facility in McDonald County. Highway Patrol Sergeant Kent Casey says the fire completely engulfed the Anderson Guest House making it difficult to determine where the fire started. Ten people are dead, 19 others are hurt. The fire broke out at around one 1:00 this morning. Thirty-three residents and two care-givers were inside when the fire started. Investigators are still looking into what caused the fire.

One woman who works at an animal clinic across the street from the Anderson Guest House calls it a horrible sight. Patrice Lasiter witnessed the fire that burned the Guest House killing 10 and injuring 25, with 19 hospitalized. She says just a burnt shell is all that’s left of the institution for the elderly and mentally disabled. One resident of the Guest House visits the animal clinic daily to check in with the office’s cat. Lasiter says no one from the clinic knows if their daily visitor survived the fire.

Three investigators from the State Fire Marshall’s office are at the scene of a ten-fatality group home fire in Anderson. The fire broke out about 1 a.m. Assistant Fire Marshall Greg Carrell says 35 people are believed to have been inside the Anderson Guest House, a residential care facility in the small town south of Neosho. Ten are dead. He says nineteen have been hospitalized and six more have been treated for injuries.

Ten people are dead and a dozen others have been hurt in an early morning fire in a Group Home for the mentally challenged in Anderson. Anderson is a small town in southwest Missouri, near Neosho. Information from the scene is limited. State Fire Marshall Randy Cole has confirmed the numbers. We’ll update the story throughout the day.