One person is dead after a fatal fire in Lee Co.
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – According to Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson, on Saturday, February 22, deputies responded to a structure fire on County Road, after receiving reports that there may have been a person still inside.
The initial call came in at approximately 4:30 a.m.
Firefighters from Verona, Plantersville, Shannon, and Palmetto fire departments worked together to extinguish the flames and searched the property.
According to the Lee County coroner Carolyn Green, 82-year-old Minnie Traylor was pronounced dead at the scene.
