Up in Smoke

[Rick Hurst]

Neighbors all said they heard a loud popping noise from the home and then the roof was blazing rapidly.

The pics are as I was driving by so they are a bit distorted. The homeowners had just finished building the home.

You can see all the vehicles in the yard as a number of off duty fireman was called in to help.

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[Ted Menelly]

And such a puny little home

[Rick Hurst]

Typical home here in the hood. :D

23K sq.ft.

[Billy Stephens]

Hope the Roofers weren't just up there slamming them long nails home.
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[Rick Cantrell]

Texas bungalow.:)

[Jack Feldmann]

Probably adequate for the workshop, and to park one of the boats.

[David Bell]

Did they at least get the wheels off it first?

[Dana Bostick]

Smells like an "Insurance" job to me. Cost over runs etc drive the price out of sight and Oops, accidental fire!

[H.G. Watson, Sr.]

Rejection for the first mtg to pay off the construction bridge loan when called. Lots of "i'd rather blow it up, torch it, dive bomb it with the plane about to be repo'd, strip it, etc. rather than let the bank have it" going on these days. :(

[RANDY NICHOLAS]

RH,
I saw that on the news last night.
Valued at $3-4 million in Heath, Tx.

[Rick Hurst]

Rejection for the first mtg to pay off the construction bridge loan when called. Lots of "i'd rather blow it up, torch it, dive bomb it with the plane about to be repo'd, strip it, etc. rather than let the bank have it" going on these days. :(

H.G.

No, not actually the case. These folks actually owns a local magazine, and had paid cash for the home as it was being built. More money than god I hear.

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[Jim Luttrall]

Fire Rips Through $2.5 Million Heath Home | NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (http://www.nbcdfw.com/around-town/real-estate/Fire-Rips-Through-Massive-Home-in-Heath-92994619.html)

I think this would be the one.

[Nolan Kienitz]

RH - You had the contract for all the Phase Inspections ... right :confused:

[Nolan Kienitz]

Watch the post-mortum on the investigation as to the cause.

Someone will likely come out and say it is due to "electrical".

[David Bell]

FPE stands for Fire Probably Electrical

[Rick Hurst]

I think it is Fire Probably Expected

[Brian Johnson]

When it's blowing through the roof like that, we would call it a "defensive attack". Hope no one was hurt.

[Rick Hurst]

Word is that this fire is being blamed wiring connections to a chandelier.

Here are some other pics I took afterward.

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[Nick Ostrowski]

Interesting juxtaposition in the 1st pic Rick. Fire hydrant in the foreground. Scorched house in the background.

[Rick Hurst]

How about the nice pond of water in front of the house in the second picture? My question is why did the fire sprinkler system not function?

Any house of this size in our area has to have a fire sprinkler system.

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[David Weiser]

Hopefully this post isn't too large of a bump, but I found this Youtube video of an aerial view of the fire.

YouTube - Mansion Fire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRMam0P52iQ)

[Scott Patterson]

Hopefully this post isn't too large of a bump, but I found this Youtube video of an aerial view of the fire.

YouTube - Mansion Fire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRMam0P52iQ)

In that video you can see a good amount of the large room and it looks like the home was not finished or it had no or very few furnishings in it.

[Rick Hurst]

Scott,

You are correct I believe. The home was in the final stage of being finished out. I know one person told me that they were doing the landscaping on the exterior and then the owners were moving in shortly afterwards.

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[Philip]

What makes a loud poppingl noise and then erupts into flames?

[Nick Ostrowski]

What makes a loud poppingl noise and then erupts into flames?

Fireworks from South of the Border?

[Rick Hurst]

What makes a loud poppingl noise and then erupts into flames?


My wife's cooking.:D