Friday, April 23, 2010

Elderly lady injured in fire

Update: An elderly Marion woman, Dorothy Metcalfe, was severely burned in a mobile home fire early Friday morning and was flown by helicopter to a regional hospital.

According to reports, the woman and her grandson were at home on First Street when it caught fire during the middle of the night. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause.

The grandson, Eddie Knight and a Marion police officer, George Foster, pulled the woman to safety, but she had suffered serious burns.

The fire started at about 1:25 a.m., and Marion Fire Department was called to the scene.