Greenbriar Subdivision House Fire believed to be caused by Kerosene Heater.

An early morning Tuesday residential fire on Village Way in the Greenbriar subdivision may have been caused by use of a kerosene heater as auxiliary heat causing three residents to be treated for smoke inhalation.  

House appearance when fire department

first arrived on the scene.

According to Crossville Fire Chief Chris South the fire started in a sunroom at the rear of the home.  Three residents were transported to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation.  Two of the homes residents were elderly and were in the area where the fire started. 

The fire is believed to have originated in

a sun room at the rear of the home.

Chief South said the call came in at about 8:30 and he was the first on the scene and he said the rapid response time and quick work of the department members allowed them to knock the fire down quickly saving at least part of the structure though the fire had a big head start on the fire department. 

Chief South stated that the outcome could have been worse had the house not had smoke detectors that alerted residents of the home about the fire. 

Some 25 firefighters were at the scene including an assist from the Cumberland Co. Fire Department. No fire personnel were injured in fighting the fire. 

The damage to the structure and contents was estimated at $300,000 by CHief South. 

Front of house.

TBI Investigating Cumberland Co. Deputy involved shooting from Friday night on I-40.

TBI press release:

At the request of 13^th District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway, TBI special agents are investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting of a man during an altercation with a deputy of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department Friday night.

Preliminary information indicates that around 9 p.m. Friday, dispatchers received a report of a pick-up truck traveling eastbound in the westbound lane of I-40 near mile marker 311. A Cumberland County deputy responding to the area found the vehicle unoccupied, on the shoulder of the interstate. Another deputy located the driver standing on the outside lane of the interstate, and told him to show his hands. Initial information from the scene indicates the man brandished a handgun and ran towards the deputy. The deputy fired at the man, striking him. The individual was pronounced deceased at the scene. No officers were injured in the incident. The identity of the man who was shot is being withheld at this time pending notification of relatives. The Tennessee Highway Patrol Critical Response Team provided assistance during this incident.

TBI agents are working to independently determine the set of events leading to the shooting, including collecting evidence and conducting interviews. Throughout the process, investigative findings will be shared with the district attorney general for his further review and consideration.

The TBI acts as facts-finders in its cases and does not determine whether the actions of an officer were justified in these types of matters. That decision rests with the district attorney general requesting TBI's involvement