No determination yet on fatal fire source

Three and a half weeks later, the Oconee Sheriff says, there is still no determination on the cause of a fire that took two lives in the rural Picket Post Community near Tamassee. The July 13 weekend night fire was fatal to Winfred Lee Dills and his grandson, Daniel Lee Ayers. Sheriff Crenshaw said yesterday, “No determination yet, but it is being investigated as a possible arson.” Investigating the home fire on Hidden Valley Road were the Sheriff’s Office, Oconee County Fire, with assistance from the state police, “SLED.”