New Market, TN (WOKI) One person is dead and an arson investigation is underway following a fire early Wednesday morning in Jefferson County.
Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office say the
fire broke out in New Market around 2:00 a.m. at a home in the 1800 block of Lafayette Road. The fire has left one person dead.
JCSO says the body has been taken to the Knox County Regional Forensic Center for an autopsy and identification.
Investigators with the Criminal Investigation Division and Arson Investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are assisting with the investigation.
This is a developing story.
