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January 31, 2008

1 dead, 1 injured in East Providence fire/ Photo

Journal photo/ Mary Murphy
East Providence firefighters clean up after fighting a fire at 39 Peck Avenue in the Riverside section of East Providence early this morning. One person died and another was injured.

EAST PROVIDENCE -- A 42-year-old man is dead and his mother injured after a morning fire at a house on Peck Avenue, according to the East Providence Fire Department.

East Providence Fire Chief Joseph J. Klucznik identified the dead man as James Marinelli.

Marinelli's mother, Theresa Marinelli, was rescued by firefighters through a second-story window of the home at 39 Peck Avenue, the fire department said. She has been taken to Rhode Island Hospital with burns on her hands and smoke inhalation.

Nadine Dwyer, 41, lives down the street from the Marinelli's. She said she used to shovel the Marinelli's driveway in the winter.

Dwyer said she was awake early this morning when the fire started.

"The whole sky filled with black smoke," she said from her front stoop today. "It smelled really bad, too. You could see smoke coming out of the roof."

Klucznik said the call came in just after 6 a.m.

-- By Brandie Jefferson, projo.com staff writer

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