Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Fire Victims Names Released
Investigators continue to search for the cause of the fire that killed two people Tuesday night at the Justice Apartment Complex in Pikeville.
Authorities have now released the identities of the victims , 17 year-old Justin Alvis Albert Lockhart and his mother, 41 year-old Tammy Lockhart. The Lockharts lived in a first floor apartment.
Peggy Williamson a resident of the second floor told us that she knocked on every door telling folks to get out. One passerby Trevez Bartley went into the building kicked the door down in an attempt to rescue the mother and son , the teenager told us that he yelled there names but no one responded. Bartley says flames were shooting from out of the apartment.
Six people have now died in house fires this year in Pike County.
Authorities have now released the identities of the victims , 17 year-old Justin Alvis Albert Lockhart and his mother, 41 year-old Tammy Lockhart. The Lockharts lived in a first floor apartment.
Peggy Williamson a resident of the second floor told us that she knocked on every door telling folks to get out. One passerby Trevez Bartley went into the building kicked the door down in an attempt to rescue the mother and son , the teenager told us that he yelled there names but no one responded. Bartley says flames were shooting from out of the apartment.
Six people have now died in house fires this year in Pike County.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 1:13 PM 
