MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Two more people died Tuesday from injuries they suffered in a fire last week at a retirement home, raising the death toll to five, officials said.
Hattie Frye, 80, and Anna Ruth Stooksbury, 84, died at a Nashville hospital where they were taken after the fire swept through Home Away From Home Inc. retirement center on Jan. 20.
Another resident remained hospitalized in critical condition.
Besides those who died, 10 people were injured in the fire.
Investigators said the fire at the home near Maryville, about 15 miles south of Knoxville, was an accident. They traced the cause to an electrical outlet in a bedroom.
The building had been licensed as a retirement home since 1988. It lacked a sprinkler system, but state rules do not require them for facilities not built or renovated since 1994.
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