State Fire Marshal’s Office investigates at the scene for origin, cause
A BIRCH CREEK firefighter battles this house fire last Friday at Shady Oaks Drive at Somerville Place Subdivision. Photo courtesy of Birch Creek VFD.
A SNOOK firefighter responds to the scene of this house fire at Shady Oaks Drive at Somerville Place Subdivision. Photo courtesy of Birch Creek VFD.
FIREFIGHTERS WORK THE scene of this singlewide house fire on Friday, July 24, at Somerville Place Subdivision. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO this fire on Friday, July 24, on Shady Oaks Drive at Somerville Place Subdivision off Park Road 4. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
SMOKE COMES from inside this singlewide trailer home on Friday, July 24, on Shady Oaks Drive at Somerville Place Subdivision. Photo courtesy of Birch Creek VFD.
An 83-year-old woman died on Friday, July 24, in a fire that destroyed her home in Somerville Place Subdivision off Park Road 4, and the cause of the fire remains unknown and under investigation.
Muriel Lane Burns of 311 Shady Oaks Drive, also known as Shady Oaks Lane, was pronounced dead at the scene by Burleson County Pct. 4 Justice of the Peace Jason Urbanosky.