Cooking mishap results in fatal Bradley County house fire

UPDATE:

BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — A Bradley County Government spokesperson identified the two people involved in the fire on Sunday.

The two who died in this fire were 68-year-old Dnese Moore and 93-year-old Myrtle Irene Moore.


BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — A cooking accident in Bradley County resulted in a fatal fire on Sunday.

The fire began in the kitchen of the house, and authorities deemed it as an accidental fire.

Unfortunately, two people died as a result of the fire.

The fire took place at a home on the 100 block of North Brook Drive NE in Bradley County.

Two people, a 93-year-old mother and 68-year-old daughter, were in a bedroom at the time of the fire.

First responders searched the house, found the two victims and took them to the hospital. There, Bradley County authorities said they died from their injuries, primarily smoke inhalation.

The names of the two victims have currently not been released.

Bradley County EMS, Bradley County Fire Rescue and Bradley County Sheriff’s Office all assisted in the incident.

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