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Teen burned in New Year’s Day fire dies
Round Rock High School students and staff today are mourning the death of a teen who was burned in a fire in Austin on New Year’s Day, school district officials said in a letter to parents yesterday.
Kennedy Obilom, a Round Rock High senior, died Wednesday evening after suffering serious burns in the fire, principal Phil Warrick said in the letter.
Today, crisis counselors will be at the school to offer assistance to students who need it, Warrick said.
“We extend our heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends,” he said.
Obilom and three other Round Rock high school students were injured Jan. 1 when a bucket of gasoline in their pickup caught fire after one of them lit a cigarette, fire officials said. The teens were trying to help a stranded motorist near East 10th Street and Interstate 35, officials said.
All four were burned, officials said. Two suffered third-degree burns and were taken to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, officials said. The other two suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, officials said.
Funeral arrangements for Obilom will take place at All Faith’s Funeral Home on Interstate 35, Warrick said.
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