The Strange Phenomina of familys who experince one Devastationg Fire having another devastating Fire in their home.

Its horrible enough to experience having your home catch fire and losing everything thing to then go thru it again years later.Like a dreaded curse following them.
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.

Fatal Penn hills Fire Father Died looking for daughter

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.