      ACCORDING TO HOSPITAL CHARTS RECEIVED: DECEMBER 7, 1996 FIRE-RESCUE RESPONDED TO THE DEC'D RESIDENCE REFERENCE A HOUSE FIRE. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, DEC'D WAS DISCOVERED INSIDE HIS RESIDENCE WHICH WAS ON FIRE.  HE WAS FOUND INSIDE A BACK BEDROOM, UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO PULSE AND IN ASYSTOLE. HE WAS INTUBATED AND C.P.R. INITIATED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO NORTH BOWARD HOSPITAL WHERE HE ARRIVED PULSELESS, PUPILS WERE FIXED AND DILATED. C.P.R. WAS CONTIUED WITH PULSE AND BLOOD PRESSURE RESTORED, HOWEVER HIS PUPILS REMAINED FIXED AND DILATED. HIS CONDITION WAS STABILIZED AND HE WAS THEN AIRLIFTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - BURN CENTER.
     UPON HIS ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 9:52 P.M., HE WAS WITHOUT A PULSE AND NO SPONTANEOUS RESPIRATIONS. DESPITE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO SIGNS OF LIFE. HE WAS PRONOUNCED AT 10:45 P.M..