It is unclear at this time who the third injured person is. He was found Tuesday morning and is at a veterinarian's office receiving treatment for injuries sustained in the fall. Though he's in serious condition, Bannister was speaking at one point after the fire, and he expressed concern about his service dog, Jax, an Australian Sheppard-Blue Heeler mix that went missing after the fire. He suffered a possible neck fracture, Rodriguez said. "He walked back into the apartment to save the dogs," she said, "but the fire was too strong."īannister tossed the dogs from the second-story unit, but then fell, landing on his head. He and his sons were able to escape the blaze, but the dogs were trapped inside, said Anna Rodriguez, the 31-year-old mother to one of Bannister's grandsons. ON EXPRESSNEWS.COM: Fatal apartment fire: 'like end of the world'īannister shared the apartment with his two sons and two dogs, one of which is a service dog for Bannister. When police told her that her grandmother had died, she broke down in tears and left.Ī man who lived directly under Solis, Tai Bannister, is currently recovering in the intensive care unit at University Hospital, according to family members. Tuesday, unaware of what happened, Solis said. The woman's granddaughter came to the apartment to deliver food to her around 9 a.m.
Firefighters later found her dead in her bed. The son and another man tried to rush in to save her, but the fire overpowered them. The woman killed in the blaze has not been identified, but Solis said she and her son lived in a unit on the second floor. We're going to have to start all over, from square one," he said. "The flames just came out, and I was just thinking all of our stuff is gone.
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