Official determination; accidental caused by food cooking on the stove.Arson investigators ruled today that the deadly second-alarm fire at an apartment complex on Parkdale Dr. in the Medical Center last week was accidental, and was caused by food cooking on a stove, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
One woman died in her bedroom when the oxygen in the air literally exploded, what firefighters call a 'flashover.' Another person was burned, and a third was critically hurt after jumping off an upper story balcony to escape the flames.
A second second-alarm fire, that happened yesterday afternoon on Desert Poppy St. on the northeast side that badly damaged two homes, causing $400,000, remains under investigation.
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