BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- A third Indiana University student injured in a fire in his off-campus house died Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Nicholas Habicht, 20, died about 1:45 p.m., said Sharon Williams, a spokeswoman for Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Habicht and Paul Dayment, 21, were flown to the hospital after the Saturday fire that killed two of their friends.
Dayment was in fair condition Sunday, Williams said.
The body of L. Jacob Surface, 21, was found Saturday on the first floor of the house, and Joseph Alexander, 21, was pronounced dead a little later at Bloomington Hospital, Monroe County Coroner Dave Toumey said.
Both appeared to have died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the small fire that was quickly extinguished, he said. No cause of death was available for Habicht.
No information on the cause of the first fatal fire in Bloomington since 2002 was available Sunday.
The three deceased students and Dayment, all from Greenwood, were part of a close-knit group of friends who attended Center Grove High School in Johnson County, friends say.
Heath Johnson grew up with Alexander, and they were next-door neighbors in Greenwood. He also knew Surface.
Johnson awoke Saturday to his voice mail full of messages about the fire.
He told The Herald-Times that Alexander was a good friend to the many people who came to Methodist Hospital Saturday to check on the injured.
``He's a helluva guy, a really loyal friend,'' Johnson said, as he struggled to hold back tears.
Alexander was a sports enthusiast, who was a huge Green Bay Packers and University of Notre Dame fan, Johnson said. He also was an excellent video-game player.
When it came to the John Madden football video game, ``he was king,'' Johnson said.
Alexander was a marketing major and was considering trying to get into sports marketing after graduation.
``If you were his friend, he had your back no matter what. He was just a true friend in every sense of the word,'' Johnson said.
Surface was a journalism major who wanted to be a sportwriter so he could use his passions for sports and writing, Johnson said of his former roommate and good friend.
``These are the two nicest guys that I know. They wouldn't say a bad word about anyone,'' he said.
Stephen Blackmore and Habicht were roommates and Sigma Pi fraternity brothers.
Blackmore talked to The Herald-Times on Saturday night when Habicht was still in critical condition.
``He never had anything bad to say about anybody,'' he said. ``He was a friend to everybody.''
Habicht was an arts and science major who had planned to be a pharmacist, Blackmore said.
Blackmore and Habicht spent Friday evening hanging out and watching sports.
``He was the biggest Pacers and Colts fan you'll ever find,'' said Blackmore.
Dayment had a tube in his mouth, so he could not talk, but he communicated in writing, Johnson said.
IU Dean of Students Dick McKaig said it's a sad time for the university.
