https://n2v.almanacnews.com/square/print/2010/04/28/chief-fatal-menlo-park-fire-appears-accidental

Town Square

Chief: Fatal Menlo Park fire appears accidental

Original post made on Apr 28, 2010

A fatal fire at a Menlo Park home early Tuesday morning appears to have started accidentally, Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman said. ==B Photo:== Chief Schapelhouman stands amid the rubble of a fire that destroyed a 1920s-era two-story home at 825 Berkeley Ave. ==I Photo by Dave Boyce/The Almanac.==

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 4:36 PM

Comments

Posted by Peter Carpenter
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Apr 28, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.

Sadly this was one more preventable death. Had this home had residential sprinklers the fire would have been quickly extinguished, the property damage would have been minimal and the occupant would have survived.

Report Objectionable Content

Email Town Square Moderator