Family mourns 66-year-old KCMO grandmother who died Wednesday in suspicious fire
Family mourns KCMO grandmother who died in suspicious fire
and last updated 2021-04-02 00:17:34-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Kansas City, Missouri, police have opened a suspicious death investigation after a 3-year-old boy was critically injured and
The woman who died in the fire is 66-year-old Dora Gamble, according to her daughter, and the injured 3-year-old is a grandson Gamble was raising.
âI think the question is what Iâm not going to miss,â Gambleâs daughter, Tiffany Dawson, said. âHer smile mostly. She just warms the room.â
Neighbors smelled smoke and called both 911 and the Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department around 4:45 p.m.
Family identifies 66-year-old woman who died in suspicious house fire
3-year-old boy still in critical condition Share Updated: 4:24 PM CDT Apr 1, 2021
3-year-old boy still in critical condition Share Updated: 4:24 PM CDT Apr 1, 2021
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Show Transcript THERE’S ANY MORE, YOU KNOW FIRE THAT’S GOING ON IN THERE ON THURSDAY MORNING A HOTSPOT FLARED IN A HOUSE MELTED BY FIRE. THAT’S SAD. YEAH. DOMINIQUE FROST SO A FIREFIGHTERS RETURNED TO POOR WATER ON THE SMALL FLAMES AFTER MUCH BIGGER ONES. DESTROYED THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOO FAMILY MEMBERS SAY 66 YEAR OLD DORA GAMBLE DIED IN THE FIRE HER THREE-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON SEVERELY HURT POLICE. CALL IT A SUSPICIOUS FIRE FIREFIGHTERS FIRE FIREFIGHTERS ARE HELPING IN THE INVESTIGATION. TO A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN SO IT’S IT’S ROUGH ON THEM TO SEE, YOU KNOW, A YOUNG CHILD HER KILLED FIREFIGHTERS SAY THEY FOUND GAMBLE AND HER GRANDSON IN A BEDROOM UPSTAIRS. I’M SO