Ithaca (Tompkins) - Fatal Working Fire 5-6-2011

[PFDRes47cue 653]

Date: 5-6-2011

Time: 12:00

Location: Cook Street

Frequency: Ithaca Fire Dispatch

Units Operating: Ithaca FD;

Description Of Incident: Working fire in a 4-story wood frame. Structures was divided into 8 units and 13 Cornell students lived in the house. One student was found dead just inside of an exit in the rear of the house. The fire originated in a common kitchen on the first floor of the house due to food left unnattended on the stove.

Reporters/Writer: PFDRes47cue

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