Firewatch Crews made entry and found the victim approximately four feet inside the structure with severe burn injuries, and evacuated him to the front yard, where they detected a heartbeat and initiated advanced life support protocols before transporting him to the hospital. Crews pulled a handline into the apartment and extinguished fire in the kitchen and living room. They then laddered the roof and removed roof vents and accessed the attic, where they found high heat but no fire extension. The victim died in the hospital from burn and smoke inhalation injuries. Firefighters found that a burner on the kitchen stove was in the high position and that a pan had burn marks from the stove's heating element. Investigators believe that the victim fell asleep after starting to cook dinner and tried to reenter the kitchen after the cooking materials ignited and fire spread through the kitchen. 78 | NFPA JOURNAL * M A Y / J U N E 2 0 1 7 The apartment was equipped with a smoke alarm that operated as intended. The apartment was one story in height and occupied a ground-floor area of approximately 600 square feet (56 square meters). It was constructed with a wood frame and masonry fire walls, and a concrete floor, with a wood roof deck covered by asphalt shingles. Information on property losses was not reported. VIRGINIA One dies in house fire started by cooking materials An early afternoon fire that started when cooking oil ignited claimed the life of the home's resident. Firefighters responded to the fire at 1:30 p.m. after a school bus driver noticed smoke coming from the structure and called 911. The first crews on the scene made a forced entry through the front entrance and advanced an attack line through the living room and into the kitchen, where they found fire conditions around the stove. The male victim was located in the kitchen and removed from the structure through the front door. A fire crew remained in place to extinguish the fire and check for extension as efforts were made to resuscitate the victim outside. The victim was determined to be deceased at the scene shortly after he was evacuated. One firefighter suffered unspecified injuries during the rescue. Investigators determined that a frying pan containing cooking oil was left on top of the stove with the element on the high position, and that after the oil ignited, fire spread to cabinets above the stove and to nearby combustibles. The house was an attached single-family dwelling in a two-unit duplex and was constructed with a wood frame and wood walls that were covered by a vinyl veneer. The house had a plywood roof deck and asphalt shingles.