Posted on 01/20/2015 8:29:37 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Derez’d
Whatever is the case, so horrible about the childen. If an adult family member caused the fire, there can be no possible excuse.
Good question. I have not looked into this story that closely. ... btw good to see you!
Joining you in condolences for the losses suffered in this family and circle of friends.
Have they found the body’s yet? Fire so fast and so destructive looks like it was meticulously planned Would they be able to tell if it was a home invasion?
No it is not. A latter-day mansion just 10 years old.
Frankly it doesn’t surprise me when these newish and “up to code” things blow fast. Their value is really only skin deep. Paper tigers, gilded not golden.
Yes, middle of the night. As I said, start when everyone is asleep, in a remote part from the sleeping quarters, and it could just get out of control before anyone realizes. Also check out how hidden it can be from other neighboring houses, if certainly not the water because it was right at the point, where small creek feeds into larger.
Thanks Maggie, I’ll. Do some digging.
Two bodies were found this afternoon,
It’s also tough to get around in a 16,000-sq.ft. house.
Thanks for posting that. I gotta say, it seems the house was completely destroyed, so it seems strange to me they would not have found the bodies, I don’t suppose they could have burned up entirely, do you? But it looks like all the furniture and everything else is just.....gone.
From reading the article closely, I believe what happened is that the bodies and lots of debris collapsed into the basement area. That much compacted debris would still be very hot and smoldering in some places and soaked with water in others, with possible live wires or exposed gas lines as first responders got there. These conditions would prevent them from being able to excavate, or even see, any bodies, at least for the first day and a half, if not more. It would require painstaking forensic sifting after it became safe enough to approach. Until a positive ID from bone fragments or DNA, an announcement could not be made by officials, although it looks like family members have made the logical assumption and they told the school and their friends.
“I believe what happened is that the bodies and lots of debris collapsed into the basement area.”
Yes, I was thinking about that too. And you are right, the authorities would not make any speculative remarks about loss of life. Which is good, they shouldn’t.
Another one (who knows too much) bites the dust....
If the fire was caused by arsonists, they probably came by a boat. Did anyone see a boat nearby in the middle of the night?
That's what came to my mind also.
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