GAFFNEY, S.C. (WSPA) – Four people were killed early Sunday morning in a house fire in Gaffney.
According to Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler, at around 1:40 a.m., a house fire was reported on East 3rd Street. Fowler said one of the people living inside the home escaped the fire, ran across the street and asked a neighbor to call 911. A doorbell camera reportedly showed the home was fully on fire at the time.
Four others living in the home, Willie Morris, 38, Dakeyia Shippy, 25, Mason Issac, 4 and Jerekry McGill, 7 months, died in the fire.
“All four victims were found on the floor of the kitchen at the rear of the house and appeared to have been trying to escape through a window when they were overcome by smoke,” Fowler said.
Fowler said the person who escaped the fire and Morris were attempting to refuel a kerosene heater inside the home when the fire started.
The fire remains under investigation by the coroner’s office, Gaffney Fire Marshall and State Law Enforcement Division. Autopsies have been scheduled as part of the investigation.
Source: Fox 8 News Channel
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