Article updated: 3/8/2013 7:57 PM

1 found dead in fire at Elgin mobile home park

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This mobile home in Elgin was destroyed in a fire early Friday; a 36-year-old man was found dead inside.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

Police and arson investigators check out the scene of a fire Friday morning in a mobile home park on South McLean Boulevard in Elgin.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

The coroner prepares to leave the scene of a fire Friday in a mobile home park on McLean Boulevard in Elgin. A 36-year-old man was found dead in the home that burned.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

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A 36-year-old man was found dead inside a home early Friday morning after a fire in a mobile home park on Elgin's west side. Brendan Gallaghan was found dead after firefighters responded at 3:06 a.m. Friday to a fire on lot 12 on the northeast end of Bueche's Mobile Home Park at 909 S. McLean Blvd., Elgin Fire Department Assistant Chief Dave Schmidt said.