ALCOA, Tenn. - Four adults and two children were killed Sunday morning in a house fire that Alcoa Fire Department Chief Roger Robinson called the worst tragedy he's seen in his 39-year career with the city.
Twenty-nine firefighters responded to the single-story home at 885 N. Wright Road after someone called E-911 to report the blaze at 5:24 a.m.
Crews began battling "heavy fire conditions," and within five to eight minutes, the flames "were brought under control enough to do search and rescue," Robinson said at a news conference on Sunday afternoon.
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