Some updates of previous stories we’ve been covering:

THE ARSON/MURDER TRIAL OF PETER BROWN IN LEEDS, England continued with the testimony of another survivor who jumped from an upper-floor window to escape the fire.  Brown is accused of setting the fire that killed two apprentice jockeys last September (see yesterday’s trial update in the Lineup HERE, – scroll down - includes links to the original stories).  The Press Association reports:

Chef Christopher Crosby described how he escaped from the flames in a block of flats in Norton, near Malton, North Yorkshire, in the early hours of September 5 last year by jumping from a window.

Mr Crosby told the jury he and his girlfriend went to the front of the block after both jumped to safety and he found a number of people had gathered, including Peter Brown, who is accused of starting the fire.  He said: “He (Brown) was pacing up and down. He looked angry and drunk as well.”

Peter Brown 

 Mr Crosby said Brown was talking to himself and, asked what he was saying, he said: “I remember him saying ‘Someone’s done this’.”   He told the jury Brown probably said this twice and added: “It was as if he was trying to pin the blame to someone.”

The complete article is HERE.

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THE APARTMENT FIRE IN FAIRFIELD, California, that killed four young children (Firegeezer report HERE) has been found to have been started by a candle.  Fairfield Fire Chief Vince Webster announced that a candle set on top of a television set was the source of the fire.  The electricity had been cut off to the apartment for failure to pay a past-due bill.  Two other candles were also in use. 

The San Francisco Chronicle has the details HERE.

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