The trailer in which two children died in Hannibal Monday was an older model which did not have a smoke detector Smoke detectors are now mandated in all new house trailers manufactured in New York State Killed in the trailer fire that occurred Sunday in Hannibal were Adam Alfano, 1, and his cousin, Karen Cogan, 7, both of Locust Grove Trailer Park, Stock Road Hannibal. Services for the Alfano boy will be at 1 30 p.m Wednesday at Young and Son Funeral Home, Fulton. Burial will be in Mount Adnah Cemetery . He was born Oct 15. 1975. He is survived by his mother, Linda Alfano, two sisters. Sarah and Wanda Alfano and four brothers. Vincent, Sebastian, and George Alfano and Joseph Schleicher, all at home. Dixie Raymond, 40, of Hannibal was babysitting for the two while the children's mothers went out for the evening. Mrs. Raymond said the fire started in the television set while she was watching a program. She said she attempted to put out the small electrical fire by tossing water on it, but the fire spread. She said she then tried to go into the back bedroom where the children were sleeping but the flames had spread quickly forcing her back.
The trailer in which two children died in Hannibal Monday was an older model which did not have a smoke detector Smoke detectors are now mandated in all new house trailers manufactured in New York State Killed in the trailer fire that occurred Sunday in Hannibal were Adam Alfano, 1, and his cousin, Karen Cogan, 7, both of Locust Grove Trailer Park, Stock Road Hannibal. Services for the Alfano boy will be at 1 30 p.m Wednesday at Young and Son Funeral Home, Fulton. Burial will be in Mount Adnah Cemetery . He was born Oct 15. 1975. He is survived by his mother, Linda Alfano, two sisters. Sarah and Wanda Alfano and four brothers. Vincent, Sebastian, and George Alfano and Joseph Schleicher, all at home. Dixie Raymond, 40, of Hannibal was babysitting for the two while the children's mothers went out for the evening. Mrs. Raymond said the fire started in the television set while she was watching a program. She said she attempted to put out the small electrical fire by tossing water on it, but the fire spread. She said she then tried to go into the back bedroom where the children were sleeping but the flames had spread quickly forcing her back.
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