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Two Found Dead In St. Louis House Fire
ST. LOUIS - Fire investigators continue to look into the cause of a blaze in St. Louis that killed two people.
The bodies of the victims were found Wednesday, though authorities believe the fire happened Tuesday.
KTVI-TV reports that people in the neighborhood were unaware there was a fire until the property owner's daughter came to check on the tenants. She realized something was wrong and called 911. Firefighters found the two victims when they went into the home.
Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson says it appears both died from smoke inhalation.
The initial investigation indicates the fire was accidental.
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Information from: KTVI-TV, http://www.fox2now.com/
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
The bodies of the victims were found Wednesday, though authorities believe the fire happened Tuesday.
KTVI-TV reports that people in the neighborhood were unaware there was a fire until the property owner's daughter came to check on the tenants. She realized something was wrong and called 911. Firefighters found the two victims when they went into the home.
Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson says it appears both died from smoke inhalation.
The initial investigation indicates the fire was accidental.
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Information from: KTVI-TV, http://www.fox2now.com/
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by 2muldnmxnzqf9 on
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We had a similar incident last winter. During a rescue call the crew smelled what they thought was smoke but no alarm was recieved and the smell was more like old cigaretts than fire and it disapated quickly. Several days latter the fire and a body were found in the appartment under the one we responded to. This was a four unit building and none of the other occupants heard, smelled or saw anything out of the ordinary. The cause was smoking and falling asleep. This has become more common with the extreamly tight construction in homes. The fire is sufocated before it is able to breakout of the house.
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Permalink Reply by GARY HANSON on
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I wonder if anyone in the industry has thought about encouraging the media and even fire department spokespersons to stop blaming "smoke inhalation" as a cause of death in closed space fires. Humans die in these confined areas because of "LACK OF OXYGEN" or in more accurate terminology, "SUFFOCATION"! Sure, some will have inhaled some 'smoke' but die of oxygen starvation before the elements of smoke affect them.
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Most of the time the cause of death is determined to be carbon monoxide poisoning as the victim succumbs to the extreme amounts of CO before the fire has reduced the O2 to a fatal level. This fact also skews CO poisoning data and accounts for the largest potion of those.
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