An Ekalaka man died this morning in an early morning house fire.

Carter County Sheriff Rusty Jardee said the body of 25-year-old Kyle Boland was recovered from the wreckage of the fire, which was reported at about 6:30 a.m. at a home at 210 Mormon St. in Ekalaka.

It took members of the Ekalaka Volunteer Fire Department about four hours to get a handle on the blaze and put it out, Jardee said.

"It was pretty well totaled," Jardee said of the house, although an exact damage estimate wasn't available as of 7 p.m.

A preliminary investigation points toward a wood fire inside the home as the likely cause of the deadly fire and that it appears to be accidental, Jardee said.

The Ekalaka Volunteer Fire Department continues to investigate and a state fire marshal from Miles City has been called in.