December 26, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Possible human remains were found at the site of a Christmas eve house fire on Talley Road in the Blue Springs Community. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have been called in to investigate.
DeKalb 911 received a call of a structure fire and dispatched members of the DeKalb County Fire Department at 9:15 p.m. Although county firefighters were on the scene within five minutes the home, already fully involved in flames, had collapsed and the blaze had spread to another home six feet away.
Fire crews were able to bring the blaze under control but the adjacent residence was extensively damaged. The owner was not present when the fire department arrived.
Members of the Short Mountain Highway, Main Station, Blue Springs, and Belk stations responded along with DeKalb EMS and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department.
The suspected human remains were found in the home which was destroyed where the fire originated.