Friday, April 4, 2014

Deadly Boston Beacon Street Fire Started By Welders Who Fled

Deadly Boston Fire Started By Burn-and-Run Welders Who Fled Scene
Deadly Boston Beacon Street Fire Started By Welders Who Fled

March 26, 2014 Deadly Boston Fire Started By Burn-and-Run Welders Who Fled Scene Two Boston firefighters died battling a nine-alarm apartment fire in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood. Investigators established it was set by welders who evidently fled the scene after starting the fire but not notifying authorities.

Similar case: Roofers Fled After Chicago Strip Mall Fire November 15, 2013  In Chicago police bomb and arson investigators never found the roofers they believe used torches which started a massive fire which destroyed 3 stores at a Chicago strip mall. There was a "catastrophic collapse of the roof and walls. There have been previous incidents in Chicago where roofers have fled after starting fires.

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From ABC News:
Boston's Deadly Fire Caused By Welders Who Fled, Officials Say

BOSTON April 4, 2014
By MICHELE McPHEE
The blaze that killed two Boston firefighters last week was started by sparks from a welder's torch and the welders allegedly fled without alerting anyone, Boston officials said today.
One Boston politician wants to change the state law to allow the welding company to be charged with criminally negligent homicide.
“The slag, or sparks, got into under the clapboards," Fire Commissioner John Hassan said at a press conference today, a day after his department buried firefighter Mike Kennedy, a combat Marine veteran. On Wednesday Lt. Ed Walsh was laid to rest. Hassan was joined at the news conference by the Boston Police homicide squad....how long the fire had been smoldering in the walls of the Back Bay brownstone because the welders left the scene without calling 911, officials said. Investigators focused on the welding company, several law enforcement sources told ABC News, after welding tools were found in the rubble by arson investigators sifting through the soot and debris for Walsh's wedding ring.
....Sources said that the investigators believe the welders were aware of the fire and did not call 911 or alert anyone occupying the building about the blaze.
The welding company, Evans told reporters, did not obtain permits to weld a back fence as required under city of Boston statute. Nor did they have a fire detail, which is required for any welding inside a structure. A fire detail for outside welding is determined by a fire chief when a permit is requested.



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