Multiple fire departments responded to a fatal mobile home fire on Highway 9 in Cherokee County, Alabama last Friday night.  The fire was on Highway 9, just south of the Centre city limits.  Fire departments from Centre, Spring Creek and Ellisville responded to the fire around midnight Friday and remained on the scene until 5 AM on Saturday morning.  Cherokee County Coroner Paul McDonald identified the victim as James C. McKinney of Centre.  The fire is under investigation by the Cherokee County, Alabama Sheriff’s Office and the fire marshal.

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