A house fire in Walker County on Wednesday evening left the occupant dead.
Walker County Fire Rescue responded around 6 p.m. to a residence outside of Chickamauga at 52 Liberty Drive, according to a news release. When firefighters arrived, they saw smoke coming from the home.
Firefighters found the body of a 64-year-old man in the living room, the release said. Investigators, who have not released the victim’s name, said he lived alone and was bedridden.
Family members who arrived before firefighters helped extinguish the blaze, keeping structural damage to a minimum, the release said. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.