McDowell County House Fire Claims One Life

Investigators are searching for the cause of a house fire in McDowell County where one woman died.

Fire Crews were called to a home along Old Linville Road around 10:45 a.m Thursday after a friend called 911.

Neighbors say those responding had to travel an extra 5 miles to detour a bridge that is currently under construction. When rescuers arrived they had to cut open the side of the house before they discovered the woman.

Neither the cause of the fire nor the identity of the woman, who died, has been released at this time.