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Young Woman Burned In Flaming Bed At Motel Fire
A 20-year-old waitress, Barbara Grace Peterson, suffered second-degree burns to the abdomen and back when clothing ignited as flames swept a mattress in a cabin at Best Yet Motel on Buckeye Road. She was admitted to Memorial Hospital. A separate blaze injured Everett V. McDowell with second-degree burns from gasoline at Riggs Motors. Justin Umphrey received first-degree burns from flaming gasoline at the Harry Cordova Housing Project.
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Buckeye Road
Barbara Grace Peterson
East Indian School Road
Memorial Hospital
Everett V. McDowell
West Sherman Street
Riggs Motors
Justin Umphrey
Harry Cordova