Hartsville woman dies in fire
From Staff Reports
Firefighters battled several house fires around Darlington County recently, including one that killed a Hartsville woman.
Gerry Lynn Byrd, 54, died in a house fire May 24 on Clyde School Road in Hartsville, officials said.
The case was being investigated by the Darlington County Coroner’s Office and SLED Arson, which is standard in fire deaths.
On May 28, a house on Old Camden Road was destroyed by fire, officials said.
A family was displaced, officials said, but no injuries were reported.
Officials said the cause of the fire was believed to be electrical.