THE ELDERLY AND
THE VERY YOUNG ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE DURING HOUSE FIRES: 91-YEAR-OLD
EUTAWVILLE, SC WOMAN DIES IN FIRE AT HOME
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Jan 17, 2015 1:13 PM EST Updated: Jan 17, 2015 1:15 PM EST
EUTAWVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Orangeburg County authorities
say a 91-year-old woman has died in a fire at her Eutawville home.
Investigators say Josephine Washington was home alone
when the blaze started around 10:15 a.m. Friday and she couldn't escape.
Firefighters say the home was made of concrete blocks,
which made it difficult to try and rescue Washington from the flames.
Granddaughter Cresendle Richardson told The Times and
Democrat of Orangeburg (http://bit.ly/1xC88nr)
that her grandmother was still spunky at age 91 and loved to dress nicely with
her bracelets.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Based on house fire death statistics across North America,
the elderly people and the very young are the number one victims of house
fires.