Man who died in Rockport motel fire may have been smoking in room
Fire investigators say smoking is the likely cause.
"The fire started in the victim's room on his mattress and Stanley was a heavy smoker," said
Seven other motel rooms were occupied and no other motel guests were injured, he said.
"Stanley's room was gutted by the fire and the two adjoining second-floor rooms were badly damaged, as was the roof of the motel and there was extensive water damage," McCausland said. "Stanley had lived at the motel for about a month. The motel had working smoke detectors which alerted other occupants."
About a dozen displaced guests huddled outside the
"All I heard was the [fire] alarms go off," he said.
Cocco said that he and others did not evacuate immediately.
But alarms were triggered about an hour later, he said, and a guest of the motel began knocking on everyone's door and alerting them to get out.
Peasley said that
Fire crews also responded to the motor lodge on
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