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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Triple fatal fire ruled accidental; caused by burning cigarette
DAYTON - The Dayton Fire Department has officially ruled a fatal fire that claimed the lives of a mother and her two young children an accident caused by a burning cigarette.
Asst. Chief Michael Caudill released the ruling Wednesday, Jan. 6, nearly two months after flames ripped apart the duplex home at 2822 E. First St., killing Kennetha Gay and her two children Ken’Ron Treadwell, 3-months old, and 4-year-old Mirissa Gay
Authorities said Kennetha Gay fell asleep on a sofa while smoking a cigarette, woke up and at first rushed out of the house. A neighbor said Gay must have gone back in after her children, but she never made it upstairs and was found dead inside the home.
Firefighters responded to the home on Nov. 13 about 9 p.m. and found flames raging inside the structure.
A 10-year-old jumped off the front-porch roof to escape the flames and is expected to be OK, fire officials said. A 6-year-old child that walked out a back door was not injured.
Arson investigators said rumors that a fire was intentionally set were unfounded.
The home’s owner and landlord, Mark Pardue, said the home was a complete loss and had to be torn down. A family living in the other side of the home was displaced, but suffered no significant injuries.
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