As family plan a memorial service yet to be scheduled for a man, James Brian Storie, believed to have perished in a fire last Thursday in DeKalb County, investigators are still officially withholding a name pending positive identification.
“This is still ongoing,” said Sheriff Patrick Ray. “We have not made a positive identification yet. There are steps that TBI and the sheriff’s department have to take to identify a body that is unrecognizable and that will be done by DNA testing. We have not got the results back so we are still not releasing a name with that fire death,” said Sheriff Ray.
The DeKalb County Fire Department was summoned to a mobile home fire at approximately 1:34 a.m. Thursday morning at 1419 Poss Road. The initial report to 911 dispatch was that the structure was fully involved. Upon arrival, firefighters did find the structure fully involved and collapsed.
Upon investigation, fire crews located a deceased victim inside the mobile home. The Four Seasons, Midway, Johnson’s Chapel, and Short Mountain stations responded along with DeKalb Emergency Medical Services, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s (TBI) fire investigators.