TROUP COUNTY, Ga — Two women are dead after an accidental house fire was caused by a heat lamp, according to the Troup County Fire Department.
Fire officials say they arrived at a home in LaGrange at around 12:06 a.m. Crews found Elizabeth “Beth” McDonald, 80, and her daughter Elizabeth “Libby” McDonald, 58, both dead.
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Investigators say the fire was accidentally caused due to faulty heat lamps. Troup County Coroner Erin Hackley determined each woman’s time of death to be approximately 2:32 a.m. on Saturday.
The women weren’t found inside the home until after firefighters put out the flames.
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Officials confirmed that the women would undergo autopsies at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s main office in Decatur.
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