Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Countdown to Conflagration

In mid-1970s, a horrific fire in San Francisco, CA, consumed the International Hotel addressed at the corner of Valencia and Sixteenth Streets -- patrons were burned alive as they slept, while cigarette-smokers who had traveled in from other parts of the United States saved each other from the blaze. A small oil stain on the carpet in the hotel hallway is remembered as a possible burn starting-point.

Last year, a wooden structure containing live chickens was completely consumed by flames in Lancaster, PA region (also non-smokers).

In Brockport, PA, a few months ago almost a dozen people died in a fire that destroyed a home.

Recent Stuart News journalism has described a house fire in this FL region where firefighters rescued a number of people from the flames.

In Bradford, PA, last summer. a local firefighter had to rescue his wife from their own burning home in the night.

Huh?

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