BREDA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say the body of a person was found in the remains of a burned house in Sac County, north of Breda. The Sac County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and firefighters from Auburn responded Friday morning to a rural home and found that it had burned to the ground. Investigators later found that the resident of the house hadn’t shown up for work and that all the resident’s vehicles were at the home.

The State Fire Marshal was called, and about 1 p.m. authorities found human remains inside the house. The remains have been taken to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny for an autopsy. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The name of the resident wasn’t released.