Nine Dead Fireman In
Charleston, South Carolina Fire
A Deadly Inferno
A Furniture Store Didn't Have
Sprinklers
The Roof Collapsed On The Nine
Firemen
Arson Is Not Ruled Out
What About The Owner's
Responsibility?
The Mayor And The Fire Chief
Herb Goldstein Is The Furniture
Store's Owner
Nine Dead Firemen
Funeral For The Fallen
Firefighters
Family Members Grieve For The
Fallen
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This All Happened In Ninety Seconds
The firefighters arrived to a small fire in a rear dumpster. When
they entered the store, there was no fire. Suddenly, the fire jumped
from the dumpster, through a rear door, and into the showroom. The
store literally exploded and an enormous fire-ball killed nine firemen.
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Arson Not Ruled Out
The cause of the fire was under investigation, but Charleston
Mayor ` Riley said arson was not suspected. He said the blaze
apparently started in a storage area, and Goldstein
didn't have a sprinkler system.
Fire Chief Rusty Thomas said he lost nine of his best friends.
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Herb Wll Gets Hefty Insurance Settlement
Charleston is a small community of 106,000, so I doubt the nine
families will be taken care of. But no doubt the owner will receive
a hefty settlement.
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Herb And Jeffrey Goldstein Are Devastated
Store owner Herb Goldstein said in a statement, "there were no
words to express his sorrow".
"All of us at Sofa Super Store are devastated and heartbroken by
this tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and
loved ones of the heroic firefighters who lost their lives," he
said. He had owned the store for about 15 years, said his son, Jeff
Goldstein.
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One Of The Nine Dead
Daniel Shahid told CNN the roof collapsed too quickly for anyone
to escape. "It came from nowhere," he said. "It was a standing
structure and five seconds later it was on the ground."
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Investigators Are Cautious
While investigators search for the cause, they say there is no
sign that arson took the lives of these heroes. But questions are
being asked, just how did this explode into a raging inferno that
killed nine firefighters?
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Outside Investigators Swarm In
Suddenly the town, and the fire department, are being told the
deaths were caused by firemen not following the rules. One
consultant said the decision to send so many firefighters into the
building may have been particularly unwise.
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Charleston Fire Chief Gets Mad
"There was more to that fire than we know. Things did not
happen like they normally happen. If there
had been fire rolling out of those back doors, I wouldn't have
sent them in. I don't care anything about a building."
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The ATF Called In
There is, as yet, no suspicion of arson, but the
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the South Carolina Law
Enforcement Division are
investigating.
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It Was A Firestorm
In 34 years of fire-fighting service, I've never seen a
fire travel that fast with that magnitude," he said. "That
just tells me the fire came in behind them," Charleston
Assistant Fire Chief Larry Garvin said. "When they
realized the fire was on them, it was too late and they
took off running." "You could see the fire coming, the
gasses rolling in front of it. It was just a few seconds
before the building was an inferno," he said.
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Enormous Pressure To Blame The Firefighters
Every state and federal agency got involved, and
their focus was on blaming the local department in
an effort to silence them. One source says
"Firefighters broke the windows as the nine firemen
were inside, which fed the fire oxygen, and started
the fireball."
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Heim Scheiberger
is typical of a cover-up expert.
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The Investigation Into The Fire Is Still
Open
Eighteen months later, the investigation is
still open. To date, Herb Goldstein, and others,
have settled civil cases amounting to $5.6
million.
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How About A B'nai B'rith Fund Raiser?
What financial avenues do these families have? Can they
nail the insurance companies, or is there a firemen's fund, etc. etc.?
If there was any sign of arson, then all males over 21 in the town of
Charleston should read the
Leo
Frank story.
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