Warwick fire victim's family hires P.I.

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - The parents of one of the five people who died in a Feb. 6 house fire in Warwick have asked a judge to allow a private fire investigator they have hired access to the property.

The petition filed Monday on behalf of Donald and Rhonda Lackey -- parents of victim Tayla Lackey -- also requests documents associated with the blaze and copies of the 911 recordings.

A lawyer for the Lackeys tells The Providence Journal that private investigations often differ in "scope" to public investigations.

Fire officials are investigating the cause of the early morning fire they have said started in the space between the first-floor ceiling and the second floor. Officials said Lackey and the four other victims, Amanda Villeneuve and her daughter Annabelle, Dan Janik, and Nicholas Jillson all died from smoke inhalation .

It could be weeks before a cause is determined, though they do not think the blaze was suspicious.