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Crews completed fire extinguishment,
which was confined to the room of
origin, then conducted primary and secondary searches to ensure no remaining
occupants were inside the structure.
Investigators learned from family
members that the victim, who had a
mobility disability and relied on portable oxygen, had a history of smoking in
bed. In the bedroom, they found that
oxygen tubing on the victim's portable
nebulizer had burned completely back
to the equipment's concentrator and
determined that the bed was the point
of fire origin. They determined that
the victim's cigarette ignited bed fabric
while she was using oxygen and that
oxygen from the concentrator allowed
the fire to accelerate.
There was no indication of whether
the residence was equipped with smoke
detectors.
The house was a two-story woodframe structure with walls constructed
of brick and wood. It occupied a
ground floor area of 1,400 square feet
(130 square meters).
The fire caused $25,000 in damage
to the house, valued at $250,000, as
well as $70,000 in damage to contents, which had an estimated value of
$125,000.
Mercantile
IOWA
Fire in repair shop claims two lives
Two people died in an early morning
fire at a computer and electronics
repair shop that was reported by a
passing motorist at approximately 7:30
a.m. A fire department report indicated
that foggy conditions may have complicated detection of the fire.
Arriving firefighters reported smoke
showing all around the roofline of the
structure, with the heaviest smoke
concentrated at the rear of the facility.
Anticipating a heavy fire load due to the
contents of the shop, incident command
issued a call for mutual aid. As crews
began attacking the fire through the front
of the structure, they were not aware
that occupants were possibly inside.
With the arrival of a mutual aid company, crews opened a second fire attack
at the back of the building, where they
found heavy smoke from ceiling to floor
level. Crews were informed approximately 40 minutes after arrival that
someone had been staying in the structure and was not responding to phone
calls, but an initial search became too
difficult as the fire grew in intensity.
Crews used an aerial apparatus to
begin ventilating the roof following
the arrival of an additional mutual aid
company. Crews also extinguished fire
that had spread into the first floor of an
attached building.
Incident command issued a call for
additional mutual aid. At approximately 9 a.m., fire self-vented through
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