     ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL FIRE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS A YOUNG FEMALE WHO LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. 
     ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1996, SHE WAS AT HOME WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AS THEY WERE CLEANING HOUSE. THE PROJECT AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS TO REMOVE OLD FLOOR COVERING AND THE ADHASIVE THAT WAS USED TO KEEP IT IN PLACE. THEY WERE USING A FLAMABLE LIQUID (POSSIBLY GASOLINE) APPLIED TO THE FLOOR WITH A BROOM TO LOOSEN THE ADHESIVE AND IT EXNITED SOME HOW, THEN EXPLOYED. THE DECEASED AND ANOTHER SISTER WERE INJURED. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO DELRAY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND LATER TRANSFERRED, AIR LIFTED BY AIR RESCUE UNITS TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MIAMI. 
     SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE TRAUMA INTENSIVE CARE BURN UNIT AND REMAINED AN INPATIENT UNTIL SHE EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 9, 1996, AT 5:00 AM.