According
to Tennessee officials, on Wednesday 14 February 2018, a fire broke out at a
home housing. They said the home had no working smoke alarms or fire
sprinklers.
12 adults
and a child were living in the house. The Nashville Fire Department confirmed
the deaths of 3 women and 11 injured. Police identified those who died as
Kathleen Baird, 22; Tammy Nelson, 36; and Elizabeth Lopez, 35.
Around
5:30 a.m. firefighters were called to the home, they arrived on the spot to see
flames coming from the structure, said officials.
Firefighters
rescued everyone from the home, but three later died. Including a boy, four
others were taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center
with non-life-threatening injuries. A firefighter also received a minor burn
and was treated at the hospital.
According
to Joseph Pleasant, the fire department spokesman, the home was owned by
Footprints to Recovery, which help people recover from drug and alcohol
addiction. No one immediately responded to a message left with the
organization's program director.
The cause
is under investigation. A photo posted on the fire department's account shows a
one-story brick house with a hole in the roof.
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