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FD-016
FIRE DAMAGE REPORT
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ELECTRICAL HAZARD
TO:
Building Department
Date: 7/4/07'
FROM: Springfield Fire Department
SUBJECT: Structural Damage to Building
Address or location of building 952 N. Cloverleaf
Name of Owner
Duplex
Type of Building
, (Dwelling, Store, Warehouse, etc.)
Estimated value of building , $250,000
Estimated loss to building $30,000
7/4/07
Date of fire
Ceiling sheet rock and ceiling heat wires in bedroom
Location of damage to building
(Roof, Wall, Exterior, Interior, etc.)
Structural weakness as a result of the fire None noted
(Burned rafters, Beams"Joists, etc.)
Additional pertinent information
Check ceiling heat wiring and lightingl switches on second floor
Electrical Hazard
(Wiring, Outlets, etc.)
Signed
John McDowell
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Caleb
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died
Wednesday
when
fireworks
ignited in his
Springfield
home. The boy
was trapped in
a closet where
the fireworks
were being
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Kevin Freeman (consoled by his mother, Carla Ogletree) and Tiffany Bell grieve in a hotel room provided by the Red Cross after a fire killed
their son Caleb. Bell's father, Robert Mann (right), was burned trying to rescue the little boy.
Storing fireworks inside turned into a tragedy for Springfield family
By SUSAN PALMER
The Register-Guard
Freeman worried that the firecrackers might ig-
nite. So on Sunday afternoon, he put the chil-
dren down for naps, slipped outside and brought
the fireworks up to the walk-in closet in his bed.
room. He thought they would be safe there,
But they weren't.
Caleb - his sunny 4-year-old middle child,
the one who loved to eat and who smiled even
when he was being scolded - found them, In
the early hours Wednesday, while everyone else
slept, Caleb must have found matches or a
lighter and gone looking for firecrackers.
Now the family is reeling in the wake of his
death. Sitting in a hotel room on Thursday
morning, they struggled to put words to their
loss, Freeman, eyes red and swollen, called
Caleb the pride and joy of his life,
SPRINGFIELD - Kevin Freeman didn't
bring the fireworks into his house until the
weather turned hot. He figured they were safer
in the trunk of his car than in the two-story
duplex he and his partner, Tiffany Bell, shared
with their four children, Bell's parents and
Freeman's 16-year-old nephew.
But when the temperature began to rise,
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"He loved fireworks," Free-
man said_ "He wanted tQ see
them so bad,"
The household woke
Wednesday morning to the
sound of firecrackers gOing off.
It was sometime after 6 a.m"
and Freeman ,first thought
neighbors were outside eager to
get started celebrating Indepen-
dence Day. ' .
"I heard pop, pop, pop, I was
'still half asleep," he said,
Out of the corner of his eye,
he saw smoke and flames, He
and Bell jumped out of bed, She
ran to the bathroom, and came
back with two big cups of water.
He ran downstairs for more,
"It was more smoke 'than
flame, and I thought we could
put it out," Freeman said, Nei-
ther had any idea that. Caleb
was in the closet.
But the water wasn't enough
to stop the fire that.had erupted.
The two ran downstairs yell-
ing to wake the household and
get the kids out. Bell dialed 911
at 6:35 a,m.
They grabbed 7-month-old
Dylan and 5-year-old Alec from
the bedroom that the brothers
shared with Caleb. They called
to wake up 6-year-old Yvonne,
They saw, that Caleb wasn't in,
the room but thought the noise
had waked him,
And then Freeman heard it,
the sound of Caleb yelling:
"Help me, Daddy."
Hcin~ified, he raced back to
the closet where the flames and
smoke had grown much worse,
and he could hear his son call-
ing for him: The memory sent a
new course of tears streaming
dpwn his cheeks,
"I couldn't get to him," he
said.
Caleb's grandfather Robert
Mann had awakened to the'pan-
demonium, He raced upstairs to
find Freeman struggling to re-
main conscious in the smoky
room,
As Freeman stumbled back,
Mann jumped forward to try to
save his grandson, pulling away
the fireworks, grabbing among
the burning clothes to try to
reach him. '
"I couldn't see, I was trying
to feel," Mann said, But he
couldn't breathe and when he
started throwing up, he gav,e
up, It was only later that he be-
gan to feel the pain from the
burns on his hand and leg. ,
, Freeman's 16-year-old, neph-
ew, Zach Stewart, also tried b,ut
failed to push past the flames;
the room so heavy with smoke
that there was no air to breathe.
Fire department records
show that the first ladder truck
arrived in four minutes, fol-
lowed by two fire 'engines with-
in six minutes, Springfield Fire
Department operations chief
Mark Walker said. But they
couldn't save Caleb, They cOII-
tained the fire to the closet and
bedroom.
"We grieve for the family,"
Walker said, "Our condolences
go out to them,"
, 'For now the American Red
Cross is putting the family up
in a hotel, but Freeman and Bell
aren't sure how long they'll be
there or where the family will
go. Smoke and water have dam-
aged most of their possessions.
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Freeman recently lost his job
and has been staying home with
the children while Bell works
as a debt collector at an attor-
ney's office,
"We're just taking it day by
day," Freeman said.
An autopsy completed on
Thursday indicated that Caleb
died from smoke inhalation,
Springfield Police Sgt. Rich
Charboneau said. Police have
completed their investigation,
which will be reviewed by the
Lane County district attorney's
office,
,"We're looking at it as just a
tragic accident," Charboneau
said, '
A memorial service for
Caleb will be at 4 p,m, Sunday
at the Cro'ssfire,World Outreach
Ministries, 942 28th St. in
Springfield. '
The church has set up a fund
to help the family cover funeral
and other costs. Donations to
the Caleb Freeman fund can be
sent to the church.
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