CAMDEN, Ala. (AP) - Authorities believe a mother died trying to save her young daughter from a fire in a Wilcox County mobile home.
Flora Jean Smith and her 2-year-old daughter Dorshay Searight both died in the fire on Monday. WSFA-TV reports that their names were released on Tuesday(https://bit.ly/RJ4Zpt ).
Wilcox County Sheriff Earnest Ivey Evans says Smith and her two children were staying with a couple in their rented mobile home in Camden when the fire began around 1 a.m.
Evans says Smith was able to remove her oldest child then went back for Searight.
The fire remains under investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
Camden is about 75 miles southwest of Montgomery.
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Information from: WSFA-TV, https://www.wsfa.com/
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