Space heater causes fire that kills three-year-old
Posted: 11/22/2012
RISING SUN (MD) -
Fire officials say a portable space heater is to blame for a fire that killed a three-year-old girl.
The fire broke out over the weekend at her family's mobile home in Rising Sun.
They say the heater fell from a dresser and got tangled up with clothes and other flammable items.
According to the medical examiner, Alyssa Johnson died from burns and smoke inhalation.
Johnson's great-grandmother made it out alive but was seriously hurt.
Officials say the home did not have working smoke detectors.
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