House Fire Claims Life, Injures Another

Contact: Doug Dickerson
                  Lieutenant, PIO
                 Office: 214-670-7949
                 Pager : 214-670-4115,code 9905

Date: January 15, 2001
Time: Immediate Release

Location: 8322 Lake Anna Dr.

Response: One Alarm, 5 Major pieces of equipment, 24 Firefighters

Equipment Involved: N/A

Times: 1st alarm 11:48 p.m.
              Under Control @ 12:42 a.m.

Cause: Under Investigation

Injuries: One fatality - approximately 68-year-old female pronounced dead on the scene.
One injury - a 72-year-old male was transported to Parkland Hospital suffering from 1st and 2nd degree burns and smoke inhalation. He is currently listed in critical condition.

Damages: $17,000-Structure
                     $20,000-Contents

Details: Shortly before midnight firefighters were called to the 8300 block of Lake Anna Drive in southeast Dallas. When they arrived, they found a one-story home on fire and received reports of someone still inside. An aggressive search of the home resulted in the location of an elderly woman in the front part of the house. She was pronounced dead on the scene. A 72-year-old male who was able to escape from the house prior to the arrival of firefighters was transported to Parkland Hospital with burns and smoke inhalation. It is unknown at this time if there was a working smoke detector in the home. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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