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Officials identify 5th victim in fire

20 y.o. Tayla Lackey was killed in Warwick fire

Updated: Monday, 08 Feb 2010, 1:51 PM EST
Published : Sunday, 07 Feb 2010, 3:22 PM EST

WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) - The fifth person who died in a Warwick house fire has been identified by police as 20-year-old Tayla Lackey of Glocester.

Officials say that Lackey was among the four adults and one baby pulled from the fire Saturday afternoon.

Also killed were 21-year-old Amanda Villeneuve and her 7-month-old daughter, Annabelle, who lived at the home, and 20-year-old Dan Janik and 24-year-old Nicholas Jillson.

Fire investigators say they won’t know the cause of the fire until they test samples from the home. State Fire Marshal Jack Chartier says the cause appears to be accidental.

The fire is among the worst in Rhode Island since a 2003 nightclub fire in neighboring West Warwick killed 100 people.
 


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