State Police Release Cause Of Fatal Vernon Fire

State Police say the cause of the house fire in Vernon that claimed the life of an eight-year old girl was accidental.

Police say the fire started in the first-floor living room where two candles were burning inside a glass jar on top of a TV.  They say there's no evidence to suggest the fire was intentionally set.

Zoey Brown was found in a second-floor bedroom.

Investigators say preliminary autopsy results show she died of smoke inhalation.

Zoey's mother Andrea Brown and her five other children got out safely.