I hope I get no flamers from posting this photo.
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.
Too much hair spray or other hair gunk will do it.
The house that Jack built.
Gene Simmons too. His fire-breathing act went awry once.
"His fire-breathing act went awry once."
Don't you just hate it when that happens?
I hope I get no flamers from posting this photo.
I'll bet "Ramona" was one of these unfortunate children whose mother was treating her head for lice by pouring gasoline over it and rubbing. Many children fall victim to fires like this.
Maybe I didn't read the article clearly enough but it sure sounds like a possibility.
good one :-)
Check this out!
20 years ago, Ramona somebody or other moved into this pink house, with a daughter or had a daughter shortly thereafter, who went on to have four children of her own.
Ramona never taught her daughter or her four grandchildren the safety rules for lighted candles in the house.
One night, Ramona's neglect of her offspring's education came home to roost, so to speak, and, the next thing you know, the whole joint went up in flames.
The comma after house belongs after the first use of the word daughter, sorry.
David Bowie - 1972
happened when Ramona's grown daughter
Amazingly, Ramona's daughter wasn't hurt
Ramona said her daughter's hair was
So who exactly is Ramona's daughter, and what is her name?
I hate when that happens!
Yikes. Talk about a bad hair day!
So much for eating dinner tonight.
Hairspray is as well.
No, it wasn't. Candles don't spark, they flame.
More dismal writing skills on display by professional "journalists".
This type of thing happens far too often. We need more federal regulation of flaming hair. And candles.
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