Author(s): Ken Tremblay Published on May 1, 2013  Firefighters
clean up after a three-alarm house fire in California that
killed one resident and injured another. (Photo: AP/Wide World)
NFPA Journal®, May/June 2013   Hoarding contributes to death of
two CALIFORNIA — A fire in a single-family home filled with
items piled 3 to 4 feet (0.9 to 1 meter) high took the lives of
a 78-year-old woman and her 81-year-old husband.    March -
April 2012 Fire heavily damages a Washington office building
January - February 2013 Man dies after reentering burning
manufactured home  November - December 2012 Fire spreads from
balcony into concealed spaces  September - October 2012 Hot
coals start multimillion-dollar fire  July - August 2012
Exterior fire spreads into house, killing occupant  May
- June 2012 Cutting torch fire destroys mill  The single-story,
wood-frame house, which covered 1,600 square feet (149 square
meters), had stucco walls and a pitched roof covered with
asphalt shingles. There were no smoke alarms or sp