A lady has died weeks after she was critically injured in a home fireplace in Killingly.
Connecticut State Police on Thursday recognized the sufferer as 75-year-old Kathy Samuelson of Killingly. She died final Thursday, weeks after being injured in a fireplace that broke out on Aug. 7 within the afternoon hours, state police mentioned.
Samuelson suffered critical accidents and was flown through Life Star to an space hospital, the East Killingly Hearth Division beforehand mentioned. Crews responded to the residence on Hartford Pike and had to assist Samuelson out of the burning residence, fireplace officers mentioned.
One other particular person was in a position to make it out of the house, in keeping with fireplace officers.
On the time, fireplace officers mentioned hoarding circumstances within the handmade it tough to battle the blaze. Crews used tanker vehicles as a water provide.
The house sustained heavy damages. Crews from East Killingly have been assisted by the East Putnam Hearth Division.
State police mentioned the fireplace stays beneath investigation by the company’s Hearth and Explosives Investigative Unit.
A spokesperson for the state Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner mentioned Thursday they may not discover a file of the workplace conducting Samuel’s post-mortem.
