Ferriday House Fire Claims Life Of Elderly Woman
Firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire that led to the death of a 95-year-old Ferriday woman.
Fire Chief Joe Sontoyo tells The Natchez Democrat that Sarah Crumb was pronounced dead at Riverland Medical Center in Ferriday after a fire damaged her home Wednesday morning.
Sontoyo said firefighters were able to get Crumb out of the house alive, but she died later at the hospital.
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