Maryville, Tennessee – Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said three bodies were recovered Monday morning from a house fire that occurred on Payne Hollow Road in Walland Sunday shortly after 9 pm.

The bodies were sent to the Knox County Regional Forensic Center in Knoxville. Identification of the individuals are being withheld pending the results of the autopsies. The investigation is continuing, and additional information will be released as it becomes available.