A person died overnight after a house fire tore through a home in Fultondale's Dave Cliff Forest neighborhood off Sayers Road, with firefighters finding the victim dead inside once the flames were brought under control. Crews got the blaze under control at about 12:41 a.m. Saturday, following a response that began around midnight.
Crews Battled a Heavily Involved Blaze
Firefighters worked to control the fire using multiple hoses while searching the two-story home, according to WBRC 6 News. As reported by alabamas42.com, Fultondale Fire Chief Justin McKenzie said crews worked to control a heavily involved fire while searching the home for anyone trapped inside. Once the fire was under control, crews found the person dead inside the home, the outlet reported.
McKenzie said the victim's identity will be released by the Jefferson County Coroner's Office after next of kin are notified, per the station's report. The coroner's office will announce the identity when appropriate, the same account notes. McKenzie also said the fire's cause remains under investigation, and authorities have started looking into the circumstances surrounding the blaze.
Earlier Fultondale Fires
An August 2025 ABC 3340 report described a separate residential fire on the 1200 block of 6th Avenue at approximately 12:05 p.m. on a Monday, with firefighters containing that blaze to approximately 25% of the home.
A Halloween-night fire in 2021 in Fultondale's Timber Trails neighborhood, in the 1600 block of Elkwood Drive, was believed to have been caused by a natural gas explosion, WVTM 13 reported. A firefighter was treated for minor injuries in that incident, and Chief McKenzie said at the time that the cause of that fire was also under investigation.
No further details about the cause of the fatal Fultondale fire or the identity of the person who died have been released as the investigation continues.
