Saturday Afternoon Tragedy

On a lazy summer afternoon tragedy struck when a couple of kids playing with matches set their house on fire and died as a result. Shreveport, Louisiana. Summer of 1992

Category:

Education

Tags:

• House
• Fire
• Tragedy
• Kids
• Playing
• Matches
• 1992
• Saturday
• Shreveport
• Louisiana

[Silvawolf100]

why does everything happen in shreveport?

[zaffdoc]

@Silvawolf100 >>>---> Shreveport does NOT have everything happpen, It just seems like it does because we have a lot of people interested in keep track of what is going on - sharing some of it on YouTube and not being afraid to show what city we are in.

[Silvawolf100]

@zaffdoc very true. And i meant no offense either. like you said it just seems like everything happens out in your town/city. I wish we here in Ogden, UT had more people to do this. I know stuff happens out here im just never near it with a video camera. although i probably shouldve taken a picture of a tow i went on where the Drunk driver drove his truck up a 50 foot tree. Broke the axle and well lets just say the tree was uprooted completely by the driver.

[zaffdoc]

@Silvawolf100 >>>---> Now that sounds like a really nasty wreck. With the quality of videos you can get with some cell phones and with Flip like recorders you can capture some really unexpected events. You can carry one in your pocket. and if you really want to get some good stuff you need a fire radio scanner to let you know where the action is taking place. You never want to get in the way or anything like that. You can often video emergency rigs responding to an incident..

[zaffdoc]

@danny25824 >>>---> Hummm, I guess different fire depts work different ways. It just seems to me that if every firefighter worked as a free agent and did whatever they wanted at a fire scene it would not turn out well. I believe that working under a command structure and being well trained works better than running into an untenable fire to save someone that has obviously perished way before firefighters arrival on the scene.

[rvpKellz]

@crispytoe21...dude...the fire started because the babies were playing with matches....babies don't know any better....you're comment was really unnecessary...somewhat hateful

[TheWaynelds]

@3FaithsUnited I know you asked this a long time ago, but i felt like answering.

A fire that starts in a room will only take about 3 to 4 minutes to flashover. At that point it's no longer a contents fire and upgrades itself to a strutcure fire and The High temperature of heat will allow the fire to spread a LOT faster than it did when it was in its developing stages. This house looked like it was only one story, so it probably took 5 to 8 minutes to get that big.

[MagicCadillac]

God Bless the kids who died in the fire and they're family even if it is a long time ago.

God Bless

[niselat]

@Silvawolf100 Because it is a color full city

[NeoFalcon69]

You know... if these kids survived - they could be old enough to be firefighters themselves.

Those screams are tormenting the hell out of me.

[Silvawolf100]

@zaffdoc if only i could get the only picture i do know of off my boyfriend's phone. although its not very good. The truck's frame was completely twisted. it was funny, but sad too. the guy did survive though

[zaffdoc]

@TheWaynelds >>>--->The way I translated it he said, " And when will we learn to stop fires in the USA?"

[TheWaynelds]

@zaffdoc what did he say?