A Cornell University student who would have graduated at the end of this month died in an early morning fire Friday at an apartment building in Collegetown, an official with the Ithaca Fire Department said.
Brian Lo, 21, a senior from East Rockaway, died in the fire that is believed to have started by accident. Fire officials said unattended cooking in a communal first-floor kitchen is suspected to have caused the blaze at 107 Cook St.
The building is a three-story wood-frame house with eight apartments and 13 residents, all of whom are Cornell students, said Deputy Chief Tom Parsons at a Friday morning press conference. Lo's body was found in the rear of the building. He was apparently attempting to escape when he succumbed, Parsons said.
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