Update: Christmas tree likely cause of fatal house fire
Authorities say a Christmas tree is likely behind a house fire that killed a 68-year-old North Carolina woman.
Harnett County Sheriff Wayne Coats tells local media he thinks that's what happened Sunday night at a home in Lillington.
Three people escaped the fire at around 10:20 p.m. Christmas Eve, but Sarah Beddingfield wasn't able to get out. Deputies said that two of the people who escaped suffered burns and one was taken to the hospital.
Authorities say Beddingfield's husband, Ed, is the pastor of Memorial Baptist Church in Buies Creek.
>
Authorities say a 68-year-old woman has been killed in a Christmas Eve fire in her North Carolina home.
Harnett County deputies said three people in the Lillington home escaped the fire around 10:20 p.m. Sunday, but Sarah Beddingfield couldn't get out.
Deputies said in a news release that two of the people who escaped suffered burns and one was taken to the hospital.
Authorities say Beddingfield's husband, Ed, is the pastor of Memorial Baptist Church in Buies Creek.
Deputies are trying to determine the cause of the blaze.
(Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
