fire firegeezer on 31 May 2008 06:21 pm
Peabody Fire Update
THE CAUSE OF THE SPECTACULAR APARTMENT FIRE IN PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS, on Thursday (see Firegeezer report HERE) has been determined.
Boston Herald/Garfinkel photo
By 5 pm on Friday the squad of investigators located the point of origin, on the outside of Bldg. 8. After digging down under the nearby gas meter box, they found several discarded cigarette butts. After further searching and talking to witnesses, they have concluded that a cigarette butt ignited the mulch bed that abuts the building. The burning mulch propagated a fire on the siding of the building where it went up from there.
The fire in its early stages probably caused a failure in the nearby gas pipe and that accelerated the burn rate. While the gas contributed to the fire, it did not cause the fire.
Boston Herald photo
A resident in the complex, Joe Jolly, told the Lynn Daily Item that he recently witnessed several small mulch fires around the complex. “For the last couple of months, there have been spot fires everywhere,” he said.
The fire destroyed the entire building left over 40 residents homeless. The remaining 1,000 residents of the complex who had been evacuated were allowed to return to their homes today after their buildings had been thoroughly checked by fire and health dept. inspectors.
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2 Responses to “Peabody Fire Update”
on 28 Jun 2008 at 11:03 am 1.KingCast said …
I’m on this one too. Just spoke to a victim and that individual is a law student so somethings gonna’ jump off GOOD.
There’s a LOT brewing still on the Glouster fire.
-c
on 29 Jun 2008 at 8:43 am 2.KingCast said …
Hey guys I think the Civil Rights Act, 42, U.S.C. 2000e was passed on 2 July 1964 not today.
http://faculty1.coloradocollege.edu/~bloevy/CivilRightsActOf1964/
I was planning a post about it
Either way right on for mentioning it.
-c