Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Woman's Hair Bursts Into Flames, Causes House Fire
WFTV ^ | March 22, 2006

Posted on 03/22/2006 11:20:25 AM PST by jdm

PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. -- A freak accident led to a devastating fire in Brevard County. The fire was sparked by a candle and then accidentally spread by a woman's hair.

The woman set her hair on fire and, in the process of trying to put it out, she set the house on fire. That fire was devastating to the house where the family had lived for more than 20 years.

The woman tried to blow out a candle, but ended up setting her hair on fire. She succeeded at putting her hair out, but the fire quickly spread and consumed the whole room.

The freak accident that started it all happened when Ramona's grown daughter turned in for the night and went to blow out a candle and, in turn, caught her hair on fire.

Amazingly, Ramona's daughter wasn't hurt. Nor were her four young grandchildren. Every last person made it out with barely a scratch and with enough time to grab all the valuables they could carry.

And as workers started to put her home back together, Ramona looked on Tuesday, fully aware her dilemma could have been so much more grim.

Ramona said her daughter's hair was singed and she has a few burns on her shoulder, but aside from that was by all accounts very lucky after a bizarre series of events that destroyed more than two decades of memories.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: floridalert; holdmuhhair
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-87 next last

Hair today, gone tomorrow. Just damn.

1 posted on 03/22/2006 11:20:28 AM PST by jdm
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: jdm

Final Destination IV


2 posted on 03/22/2006 11:21:33 AM PST by hang 'em (Nuke the Moose.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm; mhking; aculeus; Senator Bedfellow

Infernal Rube Goldberg device.


3 posted on 03/22/2006 11:21:58 AM PST by dighton
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm

Quite a hair razing experience..........


4 posted on 03/22/2006 11:22:04 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm

Sure it wasn't Michael Jackson?


5 posted on 03/22/2006 11:22:54 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hang 'em
Final Destination IV

ROFLMAO!! I love those movies. You can't escape destiny, can you?

6 posted on 03/22/2006 11:23:25 AM PST by radiohead (Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking guts, you coward.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: jdm

Nylon hair weaves are highly flammable.

I'm just sayin'.


7 posted on 03/22/2006 11:24:17 AM PST by memorandum1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm

Looking at the bright pink house, I'm betting that was some seriously big hair. But still, the brain is a terrible thing to baste.


8 posted on 03/22/2006 11:24:26 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm

Didn't this happen to Larry the Cable Guy and his girlfriend when they were lighting flatulence?


9 posted on 03/22/2006 11:24:34 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm

Sounds like a real hothead.


10 posted on 03/22/2006 11:26:28 AM PST by RexBeach ("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm

Accidental zot??


11 posted on 03/22/2006 11:27:35 AM PST by JamesP81
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm

Dang SMOKERS!

Oh wait!

--nevermind.
/sarc


12 posted on 03/22/2006 11:27:58 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm
WFTV WTFTV

:)
13 posted on 03/22/2006 11:28:36 AM PST by maggief (and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: maggief

HA! I was thinking the same thing. LOL =)


14 posted on 03/22/2006 11:30:10 AM PST by Aggie Mama
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: cjshapi

A "hot head" ping.


15 posted on 03/22/2006 11:30:40 AM PST by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: theDentist
"Sure it wasn't Michael Jackson?"

Don't-cha mean Richard Pryor (RIP).

16 posted on 03/22/2006 11:31:02 AM PST by Cliff Dweller (No such thing as a threat... just targets)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: theDentist
Sure it wasn't Michael Jackson?

You mean, Richard Pryor?

17 posted on 03/22/2006 11:32:13 AM PST by Mr. Brightside (Watcher of the Skies)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: RexBeach

Wonder if she was a flaming liberal?


18 posted on 03/22/2006 11:32:14 AM PST by speedy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Aggie Mama

GMTA :)


19 posted on 03/22/2006 11:32:22 AM PST by maggief (and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: jdm

John Mellencamp's house?


20 posted on 03/22/2006 11:32:36 AM PST by LA Woman3 (Gig 'em Aggies!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-87 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson