Post by Logan on Jan 13, 2016 14:20:32 GMT -6
Rock Falls family who died in fire identified
ROCK FALLS – Five family members – a mother, father and three of their five children – are dead after a fire that began on the first floor of their home at 414 Second Ave. around 5 this morning.
Dead are Patrick Hopkins, 61, his wife, Mary (Adams) Hopkins, 49, who worked at Kelley's Market Mobil gas station in Sterling, daughter Maggie, 26, who worked at the Sterling Walmart, son Donovan, 16, a Newman Central Catholic High School sophomore, and daughter Katie Jo, a seventh-grader at St. Andrew's Catholic School in Rock Falls.
Autopsies were being completed, but the family likely died of smoke inhalation, Whiteside County Coroner Joe McDonald said in releasing the names.
Three dogs also died in the blaze, which appears to have started in the living room, fire officials said.
Continue reading at www.saukvalley.com/2016/01/13/rock-falls-family-who-died-in-fire-identified/avd3pq8/ .
ROCK FALLS – Five family members – a mother, father and three of their five children – are dead after a fire that began on the first floor of their home at 414 Second Ave. around 5 this morning.
Dead are Patrick Hopkins, 61, his wife, Mary (Adams) Hopkins, 49, who worked at Kelley's Market Mobil gas station in Sterling, daughter Maggie, 26, who worked at the Sterling Walmart, son Donovan, 16, a Newman Central Catholic High School sophomore, and daughter Katie Jo, a seventh-grader at St. Andrew's Catholic School in Rock Falls.
Autopsies were being completed, but the family likely died of smoke inhalation, Whiteside County Coroner Joe McDonald said in releasing the names.
Three dogs also died in the blaze, which appears to have started in the living room, fire officials said.
Continue reading at www.saukvalley.com/2016/01/13/rock-falls-family-who-died-in-fire-identified/avd3pq8/ .