February NoDa Apartment Fire Result Of Lighter Play, Authorities Say

CHARLOTTE, NC -- A February 6 apartment fire in NoDa was accidental and the result of a juvenile playing with a lighter, fire investigators now say.

Firefighters returning from another call spotted the early morning fire when they saw smoke and fire coming from a unit in the Twin Oaks Apartments on East 36th Street, WSOCTV reported Tuesday.

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Firefighters were able to pull 7-year-old Katlyn Cook out of a rear bedroom in the apartment, and she was later transported to Wake Forest Baptist burn center in Winston-Salem. The second grader had second and third degree burns on more than half her body, her mother told the news station.

Katlyn Cook, 7, was burned over half her body in an accidental fire in February.

A GoFundMe account has been set up to help the Cook family as they recover from the fire.

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