Pine Level Volunteer Fire Department responded to reports of a fire at 151 Co. Road 64 in Deatsville on Jan. 24. Two victims were found deceased inside the residence. They have been identified as Vada Byrd, 78, and her husband, Bobby Glen Byrd, 76. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. Categories: News Tags: Deatsville, elderly couple, Fatal…
FORT PAYNE, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say five people have died in a mobile home fire in rural north Alabama. News outlets report that flames engulfed a trailer in DeKalb County on Thursday. Coroner Bruce Wilson said Friday the dead include a woman, her three young children and the woman’s boyfriend. Wilson says the family had a wood stove and…
Photo courtesy of Montgomery Fire Department A 65 Year old man was severely burned in a house fire late Friday night, He was taken to the UAB burn unit in Birmingham where he died this morning. . The fire broke out in the 2100 block of Glendale Avenue. A second person was less seriously burned. No word on a…
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) – An apartment fire in the northeast Alabama city of Scottsboro has killed three people. Firefighters found an apartment building filled with thick smoke after receiving a call Thursday night. Flames were coming from one unit and shooting through part of the roof. Local media report that two women and a man died in a ground-floor unit….
A Wetumpka woman has died following a Thursday morning house fire. 62-year-old Ruby Carter died in the fire on Marshall Street. State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk says another person at the home during the fire was taken to the hospital with a “severe cut.” Fire officials say the cause of the fire was combustibles being left too close to an electric…
