Thursday, February 12, 2015

FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO A HOUSE FIRE IN GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD.






February 12, 2015

GREER, SC (FOX Carolina) - 

Firefighters found a man dead inside a mobile home when they responded to a fire Wednesday night.
Lt. Jonathan Anderson with the Lake Cunningham Fire Department said the home on Becky Gibson Road was fully engulfed with flames when about 25 firefighters arrived on scene.

It took firefighters 15 minutes to extinguish the fire.

Greenville County Coroner Jeff Fowler said one man was found dead inside the residence when firefighters entered.

The coroner identified the victim as 52-year-old Johnny James McCarter Jr.
An autopsy is scheduled for later Wednesday.

Many deaths occur during mobile home fires.  Close quarters, lack of smoke alarms, proximity of combustibles to ignition sources are contributing factors