THE HORRENDOUS HOUSE FIRE in Philadelphia that took seven lives Friday night was started by using the wrong fuel for the kerosene heater that was being used to warm the basement apartment. (See Firegeezer report HERE.)
Still another kerosene heater stands outside just to the right
of the door that leads to the basement apartment’s
only egress. (Inquirer / Kaczmerak photo)
Fire investigators are saying that one of the people visiting the resident had gone out earlier in the day and bought five gallons of gasoline. Apparently this is what was being poured into the heater’s tank when the fire began.
The tenant’s estranged husband Alfred Teah told the Philadelphia Inquirer in a telephone interview that his wife rented a room in the house. “She just moved in a month and a half ago,” he said.
He said she was trying to pour fuel into a kerosene heater “when the flame became so big, she grabbed it to take it out, and it exploded.”
It has further been disclosed that six of the seven victims were just visiting the resident Christiana Teah.
The Inquirer has this latest REPORT.
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