Five people sustain injuries in Thanksgiving morning house fire

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Five people, including four children, are being transported to Knoxville hospitals at this hour following a Thanksgiving morning fire in east La Follette.

An adult male was airlifted and four children were transported by ground ambulance all suffering injuries from a fire that began in their home not long after 10:30am Thursday, according to officials.

Multiple agencies answered the call to a house fire on Thursday morning.

The home that caught fire is on Magnolia Lane, just off Davis Chapel Road.

Multiple agencies responded including the Campbell County Rural Fire Service, Sheriff’s Office and EMS along with La Follette Police. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 11/23/2023-NOON-PHOTOS COURTESY OF CCRFS CAPTAIN DANIEL LAWSON)