Posted by (+3159) 13 years ago
From tonight's Gazette:
Assistant Fire Marshall Bill Tatum said the fire was accidental and started when "unattended smoking materials" - most likely a cigarette - were left in a wooden planter on the porch.
The home's interior suffered heavy damage from smoke and flames. Tatum said the home is a total loss and estimated the damage at $13,000.
The home is not insured.
I am usually very compassionate about people losing their home to a fire. But when I read that someone tossed a burning cigarette into a wooden planter on the porch and the whole house burned as a result I just get angry.
Add to that the fact that they had money to buy cigarettes, but not insurance.
Add to that the trauma those poor kids went through watching their home and everything they had burn!
Assistant Fire Marshall Bill Tatum said the fire was accidental and started when "unattended smoking materials" - most likely a cigarette - were left in a wooden planter on the porch.
The home's interior suffered heavy damage from smoke and flames. Tatum said the home is a total loss and estimated the damage at $13,000.
The home is not insured.
I am usually very compassionate about people losing their home to a fire. But when I read that someone tossed a burning cigarette into a wooden planter on the porch and the whole house burned as a result I just get angry.
Add to that the fact that they had money to buy cigarettes, but not insurance.
Add to that the trauma those poor kids went through watching their home and everything they had burn!