<p style="text-align: left">Update December 9, 11:37 a.m.</p> Greenbrier County Sheriff Bruce Sloan issued a statement explaining what the investigation into the fire has uncovered, including the confirmation of five deaths. The full statement reads: <p class="s3"><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at approximately 3:30 p.m., members of the Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Office and the West Virginia State Police responded to a residential </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">house </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">fire on Flynn’s Creek Road near Williamsburg, WV.</span></span></p> <p class="s3"><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">Fire Departments from Clintonville, Frankford, Williamsburg, Lewisburg, Ronceverte, Tri-County</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">, Smoot, Rainelle and Fairlea</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">responded to the fire scene, as well as </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">Fairlea A</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">mbulance </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">S</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">ervice</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">.</span></span></p> <p class="s3"><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">Investigators from the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">arrived on scene to conduct their investigation into the origin of the fire</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">,</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15"> which to</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">tally destroyed </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">the home</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">.</span></span></p> <p class="s3"><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">Four victims who suffered fatal injuries were located and removed from within the residence,</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15"> and a</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">nother fatal victim was located</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15"> outside of the </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">home</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">.</span></span> <span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">Crews on the scene continue to search for a possible sixth victim from within the interior of the structure</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">. A</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">ll of the victims will be transported to the West Virginia State Medical Examiner’s office for examination.</span></span></p> <p class="s3"><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">I</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">nvestigators have developed a timeline and sequence of events leading up to the deaths. </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">The investigation is continuing as </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">evidence </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">at the scene </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">is </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">being </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">examined and processed. </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">Specific details </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">of the investigation, including</span></span> <span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">the </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">manner and cause of death</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">,</span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15"> will not be released pending confirmation by the </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">State </span></span><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">Medical Examiner.</span></span></p> <p class="s3"><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">Corporal S. W. Hudnall, of the Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Office, is the lead investigator.</span></span></p> <p class="s3"><span class="s2"><span class="bumpedFont15">Sheriff Sloan</span></span></p> Original December 8 story By Bobby Bordelon Emergency responders in Greenbrier Valley are responding to a second fire near Williamsburg on Tuesday, December 8. Coming on the heels of a <a href="https://mountainmessenger.com/asbury-fire-claims-greenbrier-county-womans-life/">fatal fire</a> near <a href="https://mountainmessenger.com/52638-2/">Asbury</a>, the Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Department and local fire departments have responded to the scene. The fire emerged at a residence before 3:30 p.m. on Flynn Creek Road near Williamsburg. See the Mountain Messenger for more on this story as it develops. <img class="alignnone wp-image-52675" src="https://mountainmessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/12/130273392_380825856560113_5145157385471335447_n-300x187.jpg" alt="" width="947" height="590" />
