STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A RESIDENTIAL FIRE ON WEST SIXTH STREET IN TOMPKINSVILLE THAT CLAIMED A LIFE…..
25 YEAR ASHTON WRIGHT WAS ASLEEP AND WOKE UP TO HER HOUSE FULL OF SMOKE….. WRIGHT’S TWO JUVENILE CHILDREN WERE ALSO IN
THE RESIDENCE…..AND WRIGHT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A NEIGHBOR WERE ABLE TO GET ONE OF THE CHILDREN OUT…..
FIREFIGHTERS MADE ENTRANCE AND LOCATED AN EIGHT-MONTH-OLDJUVENILE DECEASED…… THE TWO YEAR OLD WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR TREATMENT OF SEVERE BURNS……
THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FROM ANELECTRIC SPACE HEATER INSIDE THE RESIDENCE…..HOWEVER….THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDERINVESTIGATION……
