October 29, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
An elderly man lost his life and his wife is hospitalized with burns from a fire at their home at 1232 Roy Foster Road between Greenhill and Dibrell in Warren County around midday on Saturday.
Dead is 89-year-old Percy Pinegar, Sr. His wife, Nancy is at Vanderbilt Hospital.
Firefighters from the North Warren, Campaign-Rock Island, and Centertown Fire Departments quickly responded to the scene, found the residence partially ablaze, and learned that the bedridden Mr. Pinegar and his wife Nancy were still inside the home. Firefighters removed Mr. Pinegar but he died at the scene. Mrs. Pinegar and her grandson and great grandson got out of the residence although she suffered burns trying to help Mr. Pinegar.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation but is thought to have been accidental