By Tom Joyce tjoyce@mtairynews.com
A fire at a residence just outside Mount Airy claimed the life of a 35-year-old woman after efforts to rescue her failed.
The blaze was reported shortly before 5:45 a.m. Wednesday at 2362 Westfield Road (N.C. 89-East), just beyond Reeves Mill Road east of the city.
Myra Parsons, who is said to have lived at the home with her parents, Ronald and Lisa Parsons, was identified as the victim of the fire, for which the cause had not been determined Thursday morning.
“The fire started in a bedroom she was in,” Surry County Emergency Services Director John Shelton said, and the woman was unable to escape.