Knoxville, TN (WOKI) One family pet is dead, but the residents are safe following a house fire Wednesday afternoon in South Knoxville.

Officials with the Knoxville Fire Department say firefighters arrived shortly after 3:00 p.m. to a house at 2230 Knollcrest Lane to find fire coming from the front corner of the home. Six people, two adults and four children, were home at the time but were able to evacuate without injury.

Officials say one pet dog was unable to escape and succumbed to its injuries. No other injuries were reported, and fire officials have not yet determined the cause of the blaze.

Morristown, TN (WOKI) Deemed a “total loss” following a devastating fire in January, what’s left of the historic Parks-Belk building in Morristown is coming down.

Crews have begun demolishing the structure located on Main Street which was destroyed in a massive fire which broke out shortly after the new year and kept fire crews busy for over 12 hours.

The building, valued at over $250,000, was set to be renovated as part of a plan to revitalize much of downtown Morristown.

Parts of downtown near the building have been closed since the fire. City of Morristown officials say those areas will continue to be closed while the building is demolished.

Jeffrey Scott Cicirelli was arrested in connection to the fire and charged with arson, reckless endangerment, burglary and vandalism.

According to court records, Cicirelli had planned to burn more buildings, with investigators finding fire-starting equipment stashed in buildings downtown.

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The occupants and their four animals are safe following a house fire Tuesday afternoon in Knox County.

Rural Metro Fire crews responded to the home in the 7800 block of Stonewood Creek Drive in Corryton just before 3:30 to find heavy fire in the back of the house venting through the roof.

Fire officials say a light breeze fueled the spread of the fire and hampered efforts to extinguish the blaze. They say there was minimal heat damage to an adjacent home, but firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to any other structures.

No injuries were reported, but officials say oxygen was administered to one of the animals.

ORIGINAL STORY: Rural Metro Fire responds to a house fire in Knox County Tuesday afternoon.

Rural Metro Fire officials say they were on the scene of a working house fire in the 7800 block of Stonewood Creek Drive in Corryton at 3:20 p.m. Tuesday.

Rural Metro is asking that you please avoid the area as firefighters work to get that blaze under control.

Further information has not been released.

Blount County, TN (WOKI) The man accused of killing a Blount County Deputy was back in court Tuesday. Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. is accused of killing Deputy Greg McCowan and injuring Deputy Shelby Eggers during a traffic stop on February 8 in Maryville. The judge ruling that the case can move forward on a first-degree murder charge against DeHart.

“Based upon the proof before the court, the court finds that there’s probable cause to believe that the offense of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and felon in possession of a weapon was committed by the defendant, Kenneth Wayne DeHart,” ruled Judge William Brewer after a more than two-hour hearing Tuesday paving the way for a grand jury hearing on the matter.

“It was committed here in Blount County, Accordingly, charges will be bound over to the grand jury for its determination of probable cause.”

During Tuesday’s hearing, Brewer along with defense counsel for DeHart and prosecutors for the state of Tennessee heard testimony from Deputy Shelby Eggers and Special Agent Maria Cutshaw with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. In addition, the court showed Eggers’ and Deputy Greg McCowan’s body camera footage from the traffic stop and shooting. The footage, released by BCSO officials Friday, shows McCowan’s and Egger’s points-of-view during the entire encounter.

Public defenders for DeHart sought to make the case that the shooting was not premeditated and that DeHart should instead face a second-degree murder charge; the court ruled in favor of the state moving the matter to the Blount County grand jury to consider the first-degree murder charge, along with two other charges, attempted first-degree murder and felon in possession of a weapon.

DeHart has yet to enter a plea to the charges.