BOY DIES IN OSKALOOSA HOUSE FIRE

Boy dies in Oskaloosa house fire

A 7-year-old boy was killed in a house fire in Oskaloosa Friday night (2/15).  The Oskaloosa Fire Department says it was called to a home at 515 High Avenue East at 8:30 pm.  Firefighters were told there might be a child in the home’s basement.  Smoke, flames and intense heat hampered firefighters in their efforts to get into the home.  Firefighters did get into the basement and found 7-year-old David Fogle inside.  He was taken to Mahaska Health Partnership, where he died from his injuries.  David’s mother, Angelia Wells, received second degree burns to her left forearm, back of her neck and ears as a result of trying to rescue her son.  Two other children, ages 6 and 9, had been able to get out of the house.  It took firefighters from Oskaloosa and New Sharon about three hours to put out the fire.  The cause of the fire is not known.

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