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A state investigation into the New Yearâs Day fire at 2853 Woodland St. NE, Warren, that killed a mother and her son indicates the blaze possibly started in a plastic tote on the back patio that held cigarette ashes from a party that ended just hours before. Killed were Cassandra Gray, 34, and her son, Otto, 5. Grayâs husband, Lee Gray, and 7-year-old son, Simon, were able to escape.
WARREN A state fire marshal’s investigation into the fatal New Year’s house fire that killed a Warren mother and her son indicates the origin of the blaze possibly was a plastic tote on the back patio that held cigarette ashes from a party that ended just hours before.
WARREN A state fire marshal’s investigation into the fatal New Year’s house fire that killed a Warren mother and her son indicates the origin of the blaze possibly was a plastic tote on the back patio that held cigarette ashes from a party that ended just hours before.
The investigation by assistant state Fire Marshal Todd Stitt officially shows the cause of the fatal blaze at 2853 Woodland St. NE to be undetermined.
“Based on my education, training and experience along with the physical evidence examination and statements … the cause of this fire is being ruled as undetermined,” Stitt wrote in his report.