Victim in Fatal House Fire Identified

HIXSON, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Chattanooga Fire Department has identified the man who was killed in a house fire in Hixson last week.

CFD says 50-year-old James Young died from smoke inhalation.

Firefighters found Young on the floor in the front living room of a home on Plaza Hills Drive, and carried him outside.

Young’s death is the fifth fire related fatality for 2017.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.