Investigators have ruled an April condo fire that killed a 78-year-old Ridgefield woman as accidental, according to the fire marshal's office.
Sandra Reyes was trapped in the top floor of her two-story condo at 15 Cook Close, part of Casagmo Condominiums, when an "energized electrical appliance" sparked a fire on the afternoon of Thursday, April 23. A hologen light was clipped to a wooden table resting against her upholstered sofa in her first floor bedroom, not far from her bed, at the time. Both the couch and bed had bedding material and clothes on them.
Her two sons tried to rescue her before emergency crews arrived.
Reyes and her son 55-year-old, Joseph Reyes, were taken to Danbury Hospital to be treated for injuries, then transferred to the Bridgeport Hospital burn unit, but Reyes died the following Monday morning. The fire was ruled her cause of death.
Joseph Reyes's condition is unknown at this time.
Ridgefield's fire marshal's office and the state's Department of Emergency Services Fire and Explosive Investigation Unit investigated.
