DeKalb County Fire Kills 5

DeKalb County Fire Kills 5

By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com

DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Cartersville Volunteer Fire Department officials responded to a mobile home fire on Highway 75, near the Alabama-Georgia line on Thursday.

DeKalb County Coroner Tom Wilson reported that five died in the fire.

The remains have been sent to Huntsville for an autopsy. The incident remains under investigation by the State Fire Marshall, DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, and the Jacksonville State Center for Applied Forensics.

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