Third victim identified in January fire at Fayette assisted care home

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

All three victims in a Jan. 27 fire at an assisted care home in Fayette have now been identified after the release of a state fire marshal report.

Roy Holloway, 67, of Fayette, was the third person killed in the fire along with Marcia Lyon, 63, of Armstrong, and Donald Bittle, 62, of Fayette. Six people in total were in the building during the fire in the 200 block of Villers Drive.

The cause of the fire is still listed as “undetermined” in the fire marshal’s report. The report says the cause was not determined because of the extent of the damage. It was a total loss at $400,000.

The report says Holloway’s body was found near a doorway of the building and the other victims were found in the “upper portion of the southeast side.” Autopsy results determined all three victims died from smoke inhalation.

Multiple space heaters were found, though it was noted in the report that the heaters were not used.