HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – A 28-year-old JMU student died late Thursday night after an accidental cooking fire broke out in their apartment.
In a campus wide announcement, James Madison University stated at Senior Lorenzo Isaiah Gibbs died due to cardiac arrest after an accidental kitchen fire in his Squire Hill apartment. Gibbs was an integrated science and technology (ISAT) major with a tailored concentration in applied biotechnology, industrial and manufacturing, and a minor in philosophy.
According to the Harrisonburg Fire Department, crews were dispatched to the 1400 block of Devon Lane shortly before midnight. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke inside the apartment and quickly worked to extinguish the flames…