Wednesday, February 07, 2007
UPDATE: Investigators Say Fatal Knott Fire May Have Started In Living Room
Investigators say that a Knott county boy who died after fire broke out in his family’s mobile home was home alone sleeping. 12 year old Cory Johnson, a seventh-grader at Carr Creek Elementary School, was home alone Tuesday in the Mallie community of Knott County according to State Police. The boy was sleeping in his bedroom after his parents had gone to work since Knott County schools were closed yesterday according to Coroner Jeff Blair. Investigators are looking at a coal-burning heater in the living room and an electric stove as possible ignition sources. The residence was on Kentucky 899, about two miles from a shopping center where Cory's mother works at a Dairy Queen.
# posted by Justin Mullins @ 4:19 PM 
