One killed, two injured in Fayette house fire – Mississippi’s Best Community Newspaper

FAYETTE — An early Saturday morning home fireplace in Fayette claimed the lifetime of an aged man and severely burned two others.

At roughly 5:51 a.m., the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Workplace acquired notification of a fireplace alarm activated on the residence situated at 76 Sycamore Road, in Fayette.

When deputies arrived, the home was full with heavy smoke and nonetheless occupied.

They had been capable of enter the residence and rescue two of the three occupants from the home.

“Sadly, the home-owner (Joe Robinson, 87) misplaced his life,” authorities introduced in a information launch.

Alice Faye Jackson, 61, and James Stanley Carter Jr., 32, sustained burns, a few of them extreme.

Jackson was transported to Our Woman of the Lake in Baton Rouge and Carter was transported to UMC. Their situations are presently unknown.

The Mississippi State Hearth Marshal’s Workplace was contacted and arrived to analyze the reason for the fireplace.

Sheriff James Bailey expressed his disappointment, prayers, and prolonged his coronary heart felt sympathy to Robinson’s household.

He additionally thanks and takes pleasure within the fast responses and actions of the responding deputies that had been capable of rescue Jackson and Carter from the residence, he stated.