GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A woman was airlifted due to injuries sustained in an apartment fire in Greeneville.
According to Greeneville Police, officers responded to a fire at Plaza Towers apartments just before midnight on Saturday.
Upon arrival, officers stated the apartment was full of smoke and a woman was lying face down in the living room of the apartment. The woman reportedly had ‘extensive’ burns on her body but was alert and conscious, a release stated.
Greeneville Police officers found three oxygen tanks and a chest of drawers with embers on them in the bedroom. An officer then put out the embers with a fire extinguisher.
The woman was airlifted to Johnson City Medical Center and the Greeneville Fire Department investigated the fire.
