NICHOLAS COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A 79-year-old woman was the victim in a house fire that occurred yesterday in Nicholas County.
The fire began on April 24 around 1:00 p.m. at a home on Dietz Road in Mount Lookout. Firefighters on the scene located the body of the victim.
Investigators with the WV State Fire Marshal’s Office were called in and found that, due to the damage sustained to the home during the fire, the cause of the fire could not be determined. There were smoke detectors in the home, it is unknown whether they were activated.
The victim has been sent to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Charleston for an autopsy.
