Eight homeless people died overnight in a fire in NOLA

[malaise]

They were in an abandoned building and were burning wood in a barrel. Too sad - two survived.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101228/ap_on_re_us/us_fatal_warehouse_fire
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NEW ORLEANS – A blaze in a small, abandoned warehouse in New Orleans killed eight homeless people who were burning wood in a barrel to stay warm, the fire department said Tuesday.

A man who lives nearby said the homeless often seek refuge from the cold in the neighborhood's many boarded-up buildings. Temperatures were unusually low — just below freezing — when the fire was reported around 2 a.m.

The building was fully ablaze when the first fire truck arrived, said New Orleans Fire Department spokesman Greg Davis. Firefighters could not tell the ages or genders of the bodies pulled from the rubble. The fire also killed two dogs.
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http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Deadly-fire-abandoned-New-Orleans-warehouse/ss/events/us/122810orleansfire

[blondeatlast]

1. Jesus burned to death last night, but who cares?

Matthew 25:40--"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done unto me."

I can think of a dozen ways this could have been prevented and frankly, I'M ashamed of this.

[bullwinkle428]

2. Disgraceful, that something like this could happen in this country.

[malaise]

3. I'm betting they were homeless since Katrina

since this was in the 9th ward. :cry: :cry: