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news@tribtoday.com Staff photo / Raymond L. Smith Mark Gibbs Jr. of Gibbs Construction, North Jackson, demolishes what remained of the house at 2853 Woodland St., Warren, where two people died of smoke inhalation in a New Year’s Day fire. WARREN — The house where a mother and son died in a Jan. 1 fire was demolished Tuesday. The 2853 Woodland St. structure, heavily damaged by the New Year’s Day fire, was leveled by Gibbs Construction of North Jackson. Mark Gibbs Jr., who was knocking ...

The investigation is continuing into the New Year’s Day fatal Warren fire in which a mother and her young son perished. Right now, investigators are calling the cause “undetermined,” but an in-depth report released by the Ohio Fire Marshal already indicates that careless use of smoking materials are a possible cause. Cassandra Gray, 34, and her 5-year-old son Otto Gray, died from smoke inhalation, according to the Trumbull County coroner. “The careless use of smoking materials cannot ...

gvogrin@tribtoday.com Submitted photo A state investigation into the New Year’s Day fire at 2853 Woodland St. NE, Warren, that killed a mother and her son indicates the blaze possibly started in a plastic tote on the back patio that held cigarette ashes from a party that ended just hours before. Killed were Cassandra Gray, 34, and her son, Otto, 5. Gray’s husband, Lee Gray, and 7-year-old son, Simon, were able to escape. WARREN — A state fire marshal’s investigation into the fatal...

WARREN — A state fire marshal’s investigation into the fatal New Year’s house fire that killed a Warren mother and her son indicates the origin of the blaze possibly was a plastic tote on the back patio that held cigarette ashes from a party that ended just hours before. The investigation by assistant state Fire Marshal Todd Stitt officially shows the cause of the fatal blaze at 2853 Woodland St. NE to be undetermined. “Based on my education, training and experience along with the physi...