7 fire that destroyed a building at Boardwalk Apartments in the 500 block of Fireside Drive. Amy McGowan, left, and David Melton prepare to play a tape of a recording of 911 calls to police dispatch on the night of the Oct. The fire – which killed Kansas University student Nicole Bingham, electrician Jose Gonzalez and social worker Yolanda Riddle – was first reported around 1:15 a.m. It looked like hell on earth,” said Dawn Davis, one of five injured survivors who testified Wednesday. Prosecutors allege the result was a terrifying fire that burned a blocklong building, killed three people and injured many more who were burned or hurt jumping to safety.Įvidence presented Wednesday included a recording of 911 calls in which trapped residents could be heard screaming for help. That’s according to police testimony Wednesday at Rose’s preliminary hearing in Douglas County District Court. Rose told police, he set the box on fire on an outdoor balcony area of his Boardwalk Apartments building in the 500 block of Fireside Drive. A former foster child charged with setting a deadly apartment fire told police that on the night of the fire he was angry about receiving a box full of birthday cards and photographs from his parents.
