A woman has died as a result of a fire that destroyed her single-wide mobile home Monday morning in Oakland County, Michigan. Neighbors in the Clarkston Lakes mobile home community tried to rescue the woman, who was in a rear bedroom at the time, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office said. But they were unsuccessful.

BRANDON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 46-year-old mother died Monday morning in an Oakland County house fire. The fire destroyed the Brandon Township mobile home, located near the intersection of Oakhill and Shashabaw roads. Nearby homes were also damaged.

"My mother said she heard an explosion in the living room, it sounded like a loud bang or pop," said neighbor Robert Elder.