FIRE CLAIMS LIFE OF WARREN COUNTY, ILLINOIS 9-YEAR OLD GIRL
February
4, 2015
CAMERON,
Ill. – Tragedy struck a family overnight in rural Warren County.
The Sheriff
says a fire claimed the life of a 9-year-old girl in the 1400 block of 190th
Ave., just outside Cameron.
Around
11:15 on Tuesday night, February 3, 2015, firefighters were called to the rural
Cameron home that was engulfed in flames.
The sheriff
tells us two children and one adult escaped the fire uninjured.
One child
was still inside and was brought out by firefighters.
She was
declared dead at the scene.
Warren
Central Fire units from Cameron and Kirkwood were assisted at the scene by fire
units from Abingdon, Alexis and Roseville.
They were
still on scene early Wednesday morning.
The names
of the victim and family have not been released at this point.
An autopsy
is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
The
incident is under investigation by the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office,
Illinois State Police Crime Scene Technicians, the Warren County Coroner and
the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.