Updated story: Two people are dead including a child and an investigation is underway following a house fire in Rocky Top.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is taking over the investigation started by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office into last night’s fire in the 100 block of Ponderosa Lane.

TBI officials confirmed the adult who died went back into the house to try to save the child but both died in the house.

Original story: Two people are dead and an investigation is underway following a house fire in Rocky Top.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are investigating last night’s fire on Mountain Side Lane.