Child killed in February apartment fire identified
Apr 11, 2018Harmoni A. Williams has been identified as the 4-year-old girl killed in an apartment fire in late February.(Photo: Provided by Tillman Funeral Home)The 4-year-old child who died in a horrific apartment fire in late February has been identified as Harmoni A. Williams.Her obituary ran in the Tallahassee Democrat Thursday.Williams died when her mother’s two story Idlewild Drive apartment went up in flames Feb. 28. Her mother, Shantura Williams, was pulled from the fire by her cousin, the complex’s maintenance man, Keith Nealy.More Tallahassee child dies in 'devastating' fire; 'hero' maintenance man rescues womanPush for fire safety comes to Tallahassee complex where child diedRead the obituary of Harmoni A. Williams Williams was transported to UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville for treatment for severe burns. A fundraising page has been established by Williams' mother to gather money for medical bills and other needs. Buy PhotoRockbrook Garden Apartments where a young girl died in an early Wednesday morning fire inside this two-story apartment. (Photo: Joe Rondone/Democrat)Nealy told his harrowing tale of smelling smoke in his apartment next door then rushing to find Williams trying to get out of the apartment with the child still on the second floor. He was unable to pull Harmoni from the blaze.Buy PhotoKeith Nealy recounts how he was able to break down the door and pull his cousin from her burning apartment, next door to his own at Rockbrook Garden Apartments, where the woman’s daughter died in an early Wednesday morning fire at the complex. “I saw my cousin laying on the floor, so I grabbed her by her ankles and dragged her out. I was hoping it was a dream, but unfortunately it’s not,” said Nealy. (Photo: Joe Rondon... (Tallahassee.com)
