CHRISTMAS TREE FUELS FATAL FIRE ON 10TH AVE, ROCKFORD

MON JAN 07 2013 ~12:30 AM
ROCKFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT
FATAL HOUSE FIRE
1625 10TH AVE ROCKFORD, IL

HOUSE FIRE FUELED BY NATURAL CHRISTMAS TREE KILLED GRANDMOTHER SHARON CASHATT, 61, HER ADOPTED SON DOUGLAS CASHATT, 21, HER INFANT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER ISABELLA GONZALEZ AND HER 13-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON, DOMINICK CASHATT.

TWO ADULTS IN THEIR 20S WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE THE FIRE. ATTEMPTS TO EXTINGUISH CHRISTMAS TREE FIRE WITH WATER FROM KITCHEN FAILED.

POSSIBLY ELECTRICAL ORIGIN NEAR CHRISTMAS TREE.

http://maps.google.com/?q=1625+10th+ave+rockford,+il&t=h&z=17

Get updates in your Facebook feed
http://www.facebook.com/CardinalEmergencies