Sixty-eight-year-old Danny Cecil Parks was killed in the apartment building fire in Rocky Top on Jan. 23.
A service will be held at Jones Mortuary in Clinton on Jan. 28. He will be buried on Monday, Jan. 29, at the Clinch River Baptist Church cemetery in the Medford community of Rocky Top, as shared in the obituary posted to the Jones Mortuary website .
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released information Friday stating that Parks had been identified as the victim of the early morning fire . TBI special agent fire investigators are working alongside the Rocky Top Police and Fire departments to investigate the cause of the deadly fire in the old brick store building on South Main Street in the center of the city formerly known as Lake City, and before that, Coal Creek.
Eight to 10 people occupied the five apartments on the second floor of the building, according to Rocky Top Police Chief John Thomas. He said the city fire department was called to the scene at 3:56 a.m. Tuesday and began fighting the fire and evacuating residents. They were joined by fire departments from parts of Anderson and Campbell counties. The American Red Cross arrived later that morning to help the people who were left without a home by the fire. Townspeople are also posting to social media platforms and setting up GoFundMe accounts to help them restart their lives.