Five dead in Xmas fire in CT

trader4 · 2011-12-28T17:17:43+00:00

Did you all here the story about the house in CTwhere 3 children and two grandparents died duringXmas? It was a large $2mil house owned by anadvertising exec and it was undergoing renovation.Source of the fire is believed to be hot ashes froma fireplace that were placed in a bag and taken toeither the mud room or the adjacent outsite trashstorage area. That was done before they went tobed around 3AM. Fire started on the back side of thehouse.Investigators believe the central wired smoke alarmsystem was not working. They aren't sure if therewere any battery powered ones.Left me wondering. Why would anyone take ashesout of a fireplace in the middle of the night when thefire has just gone out? I've always just left themthere until at least a day or two later. Seems easyand natural to do it that way, no?

Dec 28, 2011 21 Replies

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DD_BobK 14 years ago

to take a safety course before using them.

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cshenk 14 years ago

Ed Pawlowski wrote in alt.home.repair:

Mine stay there that night then go in a plastic container with about 3 gallons of water (out on the porch). A separate container like it handles ash trays (sadly, we have not succeded yet in quitting).

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