[cifnmedia] High-Rise Fire Deaths Ruled Homicides
- From: Sean & Kimberly Aaron <cifn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:22:52 -0800 (PST)
High-Rise Fire Deaths Ruled Homicides
Police Have Yet To Rule Arson In Deadly Fire
POSTED: 5:35 p.m. CST January 21, 2004
UPDATED: 6:06 p.m. CST January 21, 2004
Story by nbc5.com
CHICAGO -- The Cook County medical examiner ruled that the six deaths in the
Oct. 17 fire at a Cook County-owned administration building were homicides,
according to The Chicago Tribune's online edition.
Criminal investigators have yet to determine if the high-rise fire at 69 W.
Washington St. was an accident or arson.
Cook County Medical Examiner Dr. Edmund Donoghue said there was "no plausible
reason" other than arson for the traces of gasoline that were found in the 12th
floor storage closet where the fire started.
"In this case, we think someone went into that room, spread gasoline and
ignited it," the Tribune quoted Donoghue as saying. "This was not some kind of
accident or bad housekeeping."
Last month, the Chicago Fire Department's investigators ruled that the fire was
"incendiary," or started by a person, and fueled by gasoline.
Police told NBC5 that their definition of homicide is not necessarily the same
one medical examiners use. At this point, there is no evidence that the fire
was not an accident, police said.
If police eventually determine the fire was an accident, Donoghue would be
willing to review their evidence and perhaps reconsider his ruling, the Tribune
reported.
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Sean A. Aaron (CIFN*1)
Central Illinois Fire Network
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