WFSB Channel 3Memorial service for Marist College fire victims
A memorial service will be held Wednesday morning at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York for three people killed in a fire Saturday in off-campus house full of students.
The victims have been identified as two Marist College students and another man who did not attend the school. Two of those victims are from Connecticut.
The home was being rented by six students. Four people were able to escape the flames.
Eva Block, 21, from Woodbridge and Kevin Johnson, 21, from New Canaan were killed in the fire. Kerry Fitzsimons, 21, from Long Island was also killed.
Block was a senior fashion design student who was on track to graduate in May. Johnson was visiting the night of the fire and attended Duchess County Community College.
Investigators are still trying to figure out just what started the fire.
Wednesday's inter-faith service will be held at 11:15 a.m. at the Marist College Chapel and is open to all students, faculty and staff.
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