Jump to full article: Columbus (OH) Dispatch, 2009-10-30
Author: John Futty THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Intro: A 64-year-old man died yesterday morning in an apartment fire that Prairie Township firefighters suspect was triggered by smoking in bed.
Roger Robertson apparently was overcome by smoke as he tried to escape the bedroom of his second-floor apartment at 5311 W. Broad St., Fire Chief Steve Feustel said. The building is located in what was once the village of New Rome.
Franklin County Coroner Jan Gorniak listed smoke inhalation as the preliminary cause of death after an autopsy yesterday.
Firefighters who responded to a 911 call at 4:05 a.m. found Robertson's body just outside the bedroom.
"The fire started in the bed," Feustel said. "It appears he collapsed as he was leaving the bedroom."
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