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Killeen Police investigating a house fire
KILLEEN POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE
September 11, 2010
Killeen Police and Fire Departments are investigating a house fire and the death of a female found inside the residence on Saturday, September 11, 2010.
Killeen Police and Fire were dispatched to 2502 Cross Timber Dr. at 2:10am on Saturday, September 11, 2010, after receiving a 911 call from a neighbor who reported the house was on fire. Upon their arrival the fire department observed flames through the roof of the house and immediately began to extinguish the fire. Four fire engines and a ladder truck, two ambulances, a rescue truck and three command vehicles were required due to the size of the fire. The nozzles used to extinguish the fire releases up to 1000 gallons of water a minute. At approximately 3:10am, the fire was under control and fire fighters located a female inside the residence. Justice of the Peace Garland Potvin pronounced 52 year old resident Zoraida M. Clarke-Adams deceased at 4:48am and ordered and autopsy to be performed at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation as well as the death of the victim information will be released as it becomes available.
Carroll Smith Public Information Killeen Police Department
