Tragedy struck a family in the state of New York, in the United States of America, after the woman who went to her father’s funeral died in the fire, who was trying to save her dog; which “daughter”.
A fire broke out about three in the morning on Tuesday, the 23rd of May, in two stories, where there were eight people, some of whom were visiting the burial of the man who had been the head of that house.
“The flames were very deep, horrible,” a neighbor, Judy Landow, told CBS.
Seven residents of the house managed to get out of the fire alive, but Kashmira Patel, 60, who had gone to her father’s funeral, did not suffer the same fate.
“He was going to his dog. Considering his daughter, he returned. In fact, He came to the door, helped his mother out of the house, and then returned.“said the victim’s nephew, Chush Patel.
Neither Kashmira nor her pet left the house, which was consumed by flames.
“The fire spread so fast, so fast, incredibly fast. By 3:36 am the whole house was gone,” said one of the neighbors, identified as Jet Chen.
The family of a woman who attended her father’s funeral announced that firefighters were late arriving.
“There are hydrants three hundred feet from the house to turn them to water. At that time, as you can see, the whole house was burnt,” said Kashmira’s granddaughter.
To these signals the fighters responded and stated that they had arrived with 60 men at the time.
But they showed that one of the hydrants near the scene of the fire had failed, and that a cable had fallen in front of the house, which delayed the ability of the water to extinguish the flames.
“Both police officers and firefighters tried to get in. It was not helpless. The conditions were too difficult. You could not enter the house to look for that missing person in the family“said Michael Uttaro, head of the relief agencies.
The survivors, who range in age from 21 to 60, were treated for mild smoke inhalation and are now preparing for another funeral.
