K-State Researcher Killed in Fire Near Campus
Associated Press - Thu 11:40 AM 02/07/2013
The Manhattan Fire Department says 34-year-old Vasanta Lakshmi Pallem died of smoke inhalation after being taken to a hospital late Wednesday.
Manhattan officials say a Kansas State University researcher died in a fire at an apartment near the campus.
The Manhattan Fire Department says 34-year-old Vasanta Lakshmi Pallem died of smoke inhalation after being taken to a hospital late Wednesday. No one else was injured.
Pallem was a postdoctoral researcher in the university's chemical engineering department.
The university worked with other students who were displaced by the fire. They were all staying in hotels or with friends by Thursday morning.
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Associated Press information from: KMAN-AM
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