19-year-old Allison Walden was killed in a house fire in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina on October 28, 2007. She was an exercise science major at the University of South Carolina.
Fire Facts
- Fire date: October 28, 2007
- Where: Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
- Survivors: Six, including Andrew Rhea, Ashley Perdue and Tripp Wylie
- Victims: William Rhea, Justin Anderson, Travis Cale, Lauren Mahon, Cassidy Pendley, Emily Yelton, Allison Walden
- Yelton, Cale, Wylie and Anderson were high school friends
- Yelton and Cale were dating
- Pendley was Wylie's girlfriend
- Yelton attended Clemson University; all others attended University of South Carolina
- All USC dead were members of Delta Delta Delta sorority or Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
- Cause of death: Smoke inhalation, carbon monoxide poisoningThe State: Deadly Ocean Isle beach fire: 'Friends together forever' (May 16, 2008)
- All victims had high blood alcohol levelsGreenvilleOnline.com: Autopsy calls alcohol 'significant' factor in Ocean Isle fire death (January 3, 2008)
