Darrell Cole, injured when his house burned Friday in the 300 block of South Chestnut Street in Iola, remains in serious condition in a Wichita hospital, his mother said.
“He just inhaled a lot of smoke,” Ann McBride told the Register today in a telephone interview. “The doctors are trying to get the smoke out of his lungs.”
The cause of Friday’s early morning fire has not been announced, Fire Chief Tim Thyer said.
Calls to the state fire marshal’s office were unsuccessful.
McBride said her son will be kept sedated until his breathing improves.
She hopes to set up a GoFundMe account in her son’s name.
“He lost everything,” she said. “He’s going to be in the hospital a while.”
She wasn’t sure if Cole had house insurance.
Iolan recovering from injuries in house fire
