SYLVA, N.C. (AP) - One person died and another was injured in a
fire at a retirement community in western North Carolina.
The Asheville Citizen Times reported Sunday that rescue workers
received a report at 2:08 a.m. Sunday of a fire at Jackson Village, a
retirement community in Sylva.
Sylva police chief Jeff Jamison said a breezeway connecting
apartments caught fire, destroying the four apartments it
connected. Officials say 76-year-old Forrest Lee Aikens lived in
one of those apartments and died at the scene.
Another resident was injured after jumping from the second story
to escape the flames. Jamison wasn't sure of the nature of the
resident's injuries, but said they were not life-threatening. The
resident was transported to Mission Hospital for treatment.
Jamison said the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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Information from: The Asheville Citizen-Times,
http://www.citizen-times.com
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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