Fire Claims Home at Silver Point, Two Injured

A fire destroyed a home at 8625 Aunt Helen Road in the Silver Point area of DeKalb County early Friday morning. Two people were also injured.
Captain Anthony Boyd of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department told WJLE that Elaine Parker and Dustin Thaxton, who were at the residence at the time of the fire, were taken by DeKalb EMS to Cookeville Regional Hospital. They suffered injuries in getting out of the home.
According to Captain Boyd the fire was reported Friday morning at 4:34 a.m. The blaze was well underway by that time and firefighters were unable to save the structure. The home and all contents were destroyed in the fire.
Captain Boyd said Parker was renting the home from Robert and Teresa Wolfe.
The cause of the fire is undetermined.
Members of the Short Mountain Highway, Liberty, and Cookeville Highway stations of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department responded along with the tanker truck.