Expert Rules Out Arson in Blaze That Killed 6
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From Times Wire Reports
An independent expert hired to investigate a fire that killed six people at the Cook County Administration Building found no evidence of arson, contradicting the Chicago Fire Department’s ruling that someone started the blaze.
The expert, Jeff Eaton, could not determine the cause of the Oct. 17 blaze.
When the fire broke out, the building did not have sprinklers, and doors in its stairwells automatically locked. All the victims died of smoke inhalation in one of the stairwells.
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