Fatal Rocky Mount house fire ruled accidental
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WTVD) -- Authorities in Rocky Mount say a house fire that killed a 4-year-old Cary boy and his 63-year-old disabled great-grandfather was determined to have been an accidental fire.
Firefighters were called to the 1700 block of Springfield Road around 9:50 p.m. Monday after flames were seen sweeping through the man's home, and engulfing a minivan outside.
Frederick Fasegha was a paraplegic and was confined to a wheelchair after being shot during a grocery store robbery in 1977. He and his great-grandson, Isaiah Crews, were home alone when the power went out in a storm. A short time later, neighbors said they heard some kind of explosion.
Officials say the fire is believed to have started when Fasegha was fueling a portable generator on the back porch when gasoline vapors were ignited by an undetermined heat source.
