One Person Dies in Tullahoma Blaze

The Tullahoma Fire Department (TFD) responded to a reported fire in the area of 409 Cumberland Avenue on Tuesday night. The fire department arrived on scene at 8:24 pm. Smoke was observed coming from the roof line. Firefighters made entrance through the front door and found heavy smoke and charring.
Neighbors advised occupants may be in the home, which alerted crews to do an interior search of the residence. After a brief search, two victims were removed from the home and medical care was initiated. Coffee County EMS transported patients to Tennova Harton Hospital. Joy Martinez age 50 was later pronounced dead at the hospital. A teenage victim was later airlifted to Vanderbilt Trauma Center.
The fire was quickly brought under control by firefighters and no further injuries occurred.
Once the fire scene was determined to be safe, TFD turned the investigation over to the Tullahoma Police Department (TPD). Three units of the State Fire Marshall’s Office responded on Wednesday and are working with TPD on the investigation.