ROCKY TOP, Tenn. — Two people are dead after a house fire in Rocky Top, according to the Rocky Top Fire Department. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation later clarified that the fire happened on Ponderosa Lane.
RTFD said its crews responded to a mutual aid request from the Medford Fire Department around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5.
The Anderson County Sheriff's Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation responded to the scene as well, according to RTFD.
Clinton City Schools said Thursday night that one of the people who died in the fire was a child who attended Clinton Elementary School. ACSO said the other person who died in the fire was an adult.
TBI identified the victims as Isaac Shrader, 11, and Timmy Joe Morris, 62.
The TBI said that they were continuing to investigate the fire.
Additional information about the fire, such as its cause, was not immediately available. This story will be updated when more information is available.