Victim ID'd in fatal West Babylon fire

Originally published: March 5, 2013 1:15 PM
Updated: March 5, 2013 7:16 PM
By LAURA FIGUEROA AND TANIA LOPEZ laura.figueroa@newsday.com,tania.lopez@newsday.com

Firefighters combing Sunday night through a West Babylon apartment building that caught fire earlier in the day found a body inside, but authorities would not identify the victim. Videojournalist: Paul Mazza (March 3, 2013) (March 3, 2013 9:17 PM)

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The woman killed Sunday in a West Babylon apartment fire apparently started by cooking oil was identified Tuesday as resident Gail Giampino, 59, police said.

Suffolk County police investigators believe the fire started in another apartment -- sparked by oil used to cook chicken wings -- in the two-story structure on Little East Neck Road, which also houses the West Babylon Lions Club and the...

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