Coroner: 1 killed in house fire in North Mississippi

Published 7:52 pm Wednesday, January 23, 2019

TISHOMINGO (AP) — A coroner says one person has died in a house fire in Mississippi.

WTVA-TV reports that Coroner Mack Wilemon identified 58-year-old Linda Kay Taylor as the victim in the Tuesday afternoon fire in Tishomingo County.

Wilemon says other people tried to save the victim, but Taylor died. The other people inside of the home were able to escape uninjured. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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