Lorton Fatal Fire Update

Just back from revisiting the scene of yesterday’s fire that killed 49 year old Debra Chiles of Lorton. Today, Fairfax County Fire spokesman Dan Schmidt confirms a tip we received. What we have learned is that, in her final moments, Debra Chiles spent “several minutes on the phone” with 911.

Schmidt confirms, information was relayed to arriving firefighters that there was a woman trapped on the third floor.

We also have talked to the two sons of Debra Chiles. We’ll have stories on this on 9News Now at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.