Avondale police are looking responders. He said he ran up into the possibility that 9- to the front door and it year-old Clayton Carbonari didn't feel hot. But when he caused the house fire that opened the door, only a foot led to his death. of breathable air was Carbonari died at Maricopa apparent near the floor. Medical Center in Phoenix, "Smoke and flames poured out where he was taken in of the residence," extremely critical condition Stonecipher said. after firefighters pulled him He ran to the back of the from the home, Avondale home but found it was police spokesman Reuben engulfed in flames. He began Gonzales said. to look for Carbonari but Carbonari, who suffered third- couldn't see him. degree burns on his back and "(Pearson) fell to pieces legs and severe smoke knowing his son was in there, inhalation, had been in an " said Carmela Attanasio, a induced coma and breathing neighbor who lives across the through a ventilator Monday street. afternoon, said Dr. Kevin Firefighters then arrived and Foster, director of the pulled Carbonari from the hospital's burn center. home, Gonzales said. Carbonari's stepfather, It took five to 10 minutes to William Pearson, 25, suffered get the blaze, which burns on his hands as well as destroyed portions of the smoke inhalation and still house, under control. was being treated in the burn The majority of the fire's unit Tuesday, Gonzales said. damage occurred downstairs, He was released Tuesday said Ben Avitia, an Avondale morning. fire battalion chief. The Two infant boys, a 13-month- second floor had mostly smoke old and a 6-week-old, damage. suffered minor injuries and All the windows were boarded were taken to the hospital as up Tuesday, as well as a hole a precaution, said Art Snapp, in the roof, and there were a division chief with scorch marks on the outside Avondale Fire-Rescue. They of the house near the windows. have been released. No one appeared to be home. The fire started about 7:45 a. Attanasio and neighbor Aminat m. at a home on the 900 block Alade, who lives next door, of East Corral Street in a did not know the family well neighborhood south of the but said they always greeted intersection of Buckeye and them when they saw them Dysart roads. outside. The investigation will take The neighbors said Carbonari some time to complete because walked to school a little it is both an arson and death after 7 a.m. every day with investigation, Gonzales said. his sister, but for some Police and fire investigators reason on Monday returned are looking into information home alone shortly after that Carbonari may have leaving. caused a fire about a week "We're all very saddened by prior and are trying to this. It was a horrible thing pinpoint if he had a to witness," Attanasio said. propensity for playing with "It's one thing when you see fire, he said. it on the news . . . but to "There are a lot of other actually live it - and we're factors that are going to just neighbors. Imagine the play into this," Gonzales people who are connected with said. this boy." Carbonari was downstairs, Avondale resident Andr Manley where the blaze apparently stopped by the house Tuesday started, while Pearson was morning to set out a stuffed upstairs with the two infants, animal in the front yard, according to fire officials. hoping to start a memorial He ran upstairs after the for Carbonari. fire started. Carbonari's Manley, who does not know the mother was at work and the family, said the news has couple's 6-year-old daughter made him more cautious and was not home at the time. diligent in watching his Pearson got the infants daughter. safely out of the house and "It's just a tragedy when you then went back inside to try lose a young life like that," to find Carbonari, but he said. "I hope God carries couldn't, Gonzales said. (the family) through this." Pearson was outside the house 12 News reporter Christine when Avondale police arrived Lee and Arizona Republic-12 less than two minutes after News Breaking News Team receiving the call. reporters Taylor, Mary Shinn Officer Randall Stonecipher and Kiali Wong contributed to was one of the first this article.
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