*INDIANOLA FIRE*

AN INDIANOLA WOMEN IS DEAD AFTER AN EARLY MORNING FIRE. ACCORDING TO CAPTAIN
ORLANDO BATTLE,  FIRE FIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO 44 ROOSEVELT STREET JUST
BEFORE 7 A.M. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THE HOME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. A
59-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE KITCHEN.

"THEY KICKED THE DOOR IN THE BACK AND ALL THE FIRE WAS IN THE FOR SO THEY
KNOCKED THE BACK DOOR DOWN AND THEY PULLED HER OUT," SAID NEIGHBOR JACKIE
RICE.

THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE APPEARS TO BE A GAS WALL HEATER THAT CAUGHT A COUCH ON
FIRE IN THE LIVING ROOM. NO SMOKE DETECTORS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE HOME. THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS REMINDING EVERYONE TO PRACTICE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN USING
HEATERS AND MAKE SURE TO HAVE A WORKING SMOKE DETECTOR ON EVERY LEVEL IN
YOUR HOME.