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Survivor of fatal Kan. restaurant fire released from hospital

SEDGWICK COUNTY — One of the women critically burned in a fatal restaurant fire on May 12 has been released from the hospital, according to Captain Jose Ocadiz.

Fatal restaurant fire photo courtesy KWCH

Investigators are working to schedule an interview with her  as they try to determine the cause of the fire.

Just after 9p.m. on May 11, fire crews were dispatched to Rostizeria Los Reyes, 512 West 21street North to help a police officer that had arrived on the scene of a woman with severe burns, according to Ocadiz.

As the officer was able to extinguish the patient, he learned there was another woman inside.  The officer used his expandable baton to break the front glass to get access to the other woman victim in the fire, according to Ocadiz.

Emergency crews were then able to transport the code red patients to a local hospital.

The officer who saved the women on fire suffered minor burns to his hands.

In June 51-year-old Rosa Martinez died from injuries in the fire according to Ocadiz.

At that that time, the second victim remained hospitalized and unable to speak and unable to tell investigators the cause of the fire.

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