Cherokee County Fire And Emergency Services: Fire Causes Death Of 60-Year-Old Woman

Press release from the Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services:

March 8, 2021

Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services responded to a structure fire at 205 Red Fern Court in Canton yesterday morning at approximately at 10:45. Cherokee County E-911 received a call regarding a massive amount of fire coming from a window of a two-story house on a basement.  The caller attempted to put the fire out with an extinguisher and hose, but the flames continued to get more intense.  It was unknown at that time if anyone was inside the house. Cherokee County firefighters arrived on scene and began an offensive attack on the fire and located the body of a 60-year-old female on the living room sofa.  According to Fire Incident Commander, T. C. Capps, "Cherokee County firefighters did an offensive attack on the fire and an aggresive interior search, too."  The body was located and removed from the structure and taken to a safe location and it was determined that the female was initially alive. She was taken to Northside Cherokee Hospital and died later. The cause of the fire is unknown but continues to be investigated at this time. This is the second fire fatality in Cherokee County in the past four days.

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