BUTLER COUNTY—Investigators have identified the victims in a house fire rural Butler County as 80-year-old Paula J. Williams; 55-year-old Phillip A Williams and 52-year-old Melissa K. Williams, according to Undersheriff Daimon Cundiff.
Just after 3a.m. Saturday, deputies from the Butler County sheriff's office and police officers from Rose Hill were dispatched to the 15400 Block of SW County Line Road, rural Rose Hill for report of a 911 open line from a panicked woman with an unknown problem.
While responding to the address, Butler County Communication sreceived a second call from another woman at the same home stating she could not see anything and the house was filling with smoke, according to Cundiff. EMS and fire unites were immediately dispatched.
First responders found the home fully engulfed in flames as they attempted to locate the residents. fire personnel were able to make entry and removed one woman later identified as Paula Williams in extremely critical condition. EMS transported her to a local hospital where she was pronounced deceased, according to Cundiff. The two other victims were found deceased inside the home after the fire was extinguished. All of the victims were residents of the home. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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BUTLER COUNTY —Investigators are working to determine the cause of a fatal weekend fire in Butler County.
Just after 3a.m. Saturday, crews responded to the fire at a home near the 15000 Block of SW County Line Road, according to Butler County Undersheriff Daimon Cundiff. When the first units arrived on scene the home was fully involved.
Firefighters removed a woman from the residence via a window and she was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead. Two other people also died in the fire, according to Cundiff.
Sheriff's office investigators are working to ID of all the victims.