If anyone follows the news, a downtown townhouse was burnt to ashes today at 1:15am in the morning.
That family of 4 was my aunt's.
I just can't believe that this happened to them, I am still getting over the shock. I just want to thank the lambdas for being the support I needed.
Thank you for being there.
Thank you for helping my family out.
You don't know how much this really means to my aunt's family.
Special Thank Yous goes out to:
Jon, Fred, Keith, Jason, Geoffrey & Bao.
&& thanks to Jeff/Spyder for making those phone calls & Kevin/TnP for reaching out even after a long day at work.
&&&Thanks for all those that have reached out, I really don't know what they would do without your love, support and labour. We see you guys as our family now. With your help, my aunt can sleep tonight.
Thank You Steve. For being my rock and always stepping it up a notch. Your support is so valuable at a moment like this. Thank you for helping my family build up again. I love you
Smoke Detector Credited With Saving Family From Downtown House
FireTuesday March 4, 2008
CityNews.ca Staff
Just days after a house fire in Hamilton claimed the lives of a mother, her three children and a teenage roommate, a similar blaze in downtown Toronto left a 13-year-old boy with minor burns and his family trembling from a call much to close to home.The difference? A working smoke detector in the home may be the only reason Tuesday's victims made it out alive and are able to tell the story."My mom just started screaming," recalled 13-year-old Jason's sister, Alicia. "If the fire was any bigger and we didn't wake up in time ... me and my brother couldn't get by and go down the steps."Firefighters on the scene had to smash the windows in order to put out the blaze, which broke out on Vanauley Walk near Bathurst and Dundas just before 1:30am Tuesday.But efforts to save the family inside were simplified thanks to the working alarms and quick reaction of the teen, who woke his family and got them out of the house despite his clothes catching on fire."He has second-degree burns to his leg and his arm," confirmed Jason's cousin, Linda.He was taken to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre but fortunately the injuries weren't as serious as initially thought, and certainly not as serious as they could have been had the family not woken up and escaped as quickly as they did.According to fire officials a leak in the roof caused the outlet next to Jason's bed to short circuit. The end result was $50,000 damage and a thorough inspection of the adjacent buildings in order to prevent further water from leaking into the electrical systems..