Fire official confirms 13 people were found dead after a fire in Philadelphia’s Fairmount section this morning

[basquebromance]

this is tragic news

8 Children Among 12 Dead Following Fire At Philadelphia Housing Authority Apartments In Fairmount

The ages of the victims range from 2 to 33 years old.

philadelphia.cbslocal.com

 

[okfine]

this is tragic news

8 Children Among 12 Dead Following Fire At Philadelphia Housing Authority Apartments In Fairmount

The ages of the victims range from 2 to 33 years old.

philadelphia.cbslocal.com

Death by fire. Horrible way to go.

 

[Canon Shooter]

Wow, that's tragic.

Makes you wonder whether properly maintained smoke alarms were installed in the property. To lose that many lives in a fire is very unusual...

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

Death by fire. Horrible way to go.

The smoke probably killed them first and as bad as it may sound, at least they were spared from being burned alive

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

Wow, that's tragic.

Makes you wonder whether properly maintained smoke alarms were installed in the property. To lose that many lives in a fire is very unusual...

That and were they careless with some kind of heat source.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Wow, that's tragic.

Makes you wonder whether properly maintained smoke alarms were installed in the property. To lose that many lives in a fire is very unusual...

Not in Hispanic neighborhoods. Two apartments, 13 people. Did they have a fire going in the living room to keep warm? That's the usual story.

 

[Canon Shooter]

Not in Hispanic neighborhoods. Two apartments, 13 people. Did they have a fire going in the living room to keep warm? That's the usual story.

Oh, I understand that, in Hispanic neighborhoods, large extended families living under the same roof is nothing unusual. But losing entire large families in a fire is unusual...

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Oh, I understand that, in Hispanic neighborhoods, large extended families living under the same roof is nothing unusual. But losing entire large families in a fire is unusual...

Not really. Not if someone left a fire going and everyone went to bed. Village people think that a fireplace is the same as a metal bucket with a wood fire.

 

[Canon Shooter]

Not really. Not if someone left a fire going and everyone went to bed. Village people think that a fireplace is the same as a metal bucket with a wood fire.

Okay...

 

[HenryBHough]

The toll has been reduced to 12.

However I have NOT seen in any American media the details that have been published in Britain:

House fire which killed 12 caused by child setting Christmas tree alight

The house fire in Philadelphia killed 12 people, including nine children, with only one out of the seven smoke alarms in the property found to be actually working

www.mirror.co.uk

If you take the time to open the link please also take the time to read the whole article and look carefully at all the pictures.

When you're all done consider:

Should there be a federal agency to make sure every home has a smoke detector?
Should there be no-warrant inspections of all properties to make sure the mandatory smoke detectors are working?
Should there be a federal ban on "lighters"?
Should allowing a "lighter" to fall into the hands of a minor be a felony?
Should training and a certificate (social credit document) required to buy a "lighter"?

Done?

Great!

Now review your personal position on the same questions if the word "gun" were substituted in each of the above.