But Unfortunately I know of many such cases here in Western Pa.
it happened to my late friend Noel McCarthy .
His family lost everything in a fire in an apartment in Lawrencville section of Pittsburgh due to bad wiring .Then he had another fire at his home in Penn hills about 20 years later when a spray paint can in storage exploded due to to getting to hot in a basement and furnace pilot set of the paint fumes.
Then there is the case of a family who moved to Penn hills on Berger Street and the father lost his life in the fire which destroyed the family's home and they had moved there after a fire had destroyed there previous apartment. The father went back into the home thinking his daughter was still inside but she had escaped. He died from his wounds a few days later.
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Their was also a fire I helped the Then Penn Hills Fire Marshal Jack mason investigate off Universal Road where that family also had experienced 2 fires in the same home. the second fire due to improper wiring done after the first fire by a restoration contractor.
Yes it seems misery loves company but why does it seem to re strike certain family's ?
In some cases that I have studied from around the Tri State it seems familys which are lower scale working class can only afford poor housing which is in bad shape and just plugging in an extra heater is enough to start a fire but this phenomena is not just happeneing to the poor but the well off too. Is it life styles as far as house keeping and fire prevention practices ? Yes this could well play into it.
But then there is whole different issue with family's experiencing multiple fires and its Criminal and is fraudulent in nature. In fact they are catching their homes on fire to collect insurance payments.
Yes frequent fire phenomena is one of those strange cases where science has yet to explain it. is it bad luck a a curse or just luck of the draw? some day we may have answers.
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