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Daniel Trabant (25) died in a house fire that was started by a candle
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Published: Sep 14, 2014 @ 9:13 PM
Daniel Trabant (25)
Date:
Mar 30, 2014
Cause of Death:
Fire
Location:
St Paul, MN
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Family and friends are mourning a 25-year-old man who died after a fire in a St. Paul home Sunday, remembering Daniel Trabant as someone who made friends everywhere he went.
"He was taken way, way too soon," said Lee Mintz, who was a housemate and friend of Trabant's. "He had so much left to do, so much left to see, so many people left to meet."
An unattended candle ignited curtains in a second-floor bedroom in the 1400 block of Van Buren Avenue on Sunday. Firefighters arrived about 5:45 a.m.
Eight people had been inside and awoke to the fire. Two jumped to safety from a second-floor porch roof. Trabant didn't make it out.
"When we talked to the firefighters, they said that what they think happened is when Dan was sleeping, he was inhaling so much of the smoke," said Jake Wolf, another housemate and friend of Trabant's. "He was very likely confused" from a lack of oxygen, which caused brain damage, Wolf said.
The fire started in another housemate's room, and that man yelled at everyone to get out of the house, Wolf said. He also tried to use a fire extinguisher, but it didn't work, Wolf said.
Trabant came out of his room, went in the bathroom and closed the door, Wolf said. Wolf said he and the others couldn't really see and left the house in a panic, not knowing that Trabant hadn't got out until they were outside.
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