A newspaper report on July 10th stated that one of the dogs had been rescued from the basement, but the other one's fate was unknown.I guess the cemetery provided easy access to the backyard. Another reason to not back onto a field, park, school yard or cemetery when buying a house.
What a horrible crime, to do this you have to be a very sick individual.
I do hope the dogs have a new home soon and am surprised but glad that they survived. I always thought animals usually perish in fires due to smoke inhalation.
Two Labs didn't alert their masters ... smacks of someone known to those pups.
Yes, even though possibly both dogs were in the basement, they still should've barked, no?Two Labs didn't alert their masters ... smacks of someone known to those pups.
Yes, they seem really close together and very fortunate the fire didn't spread to neighbouring properties.. if AR had not escaped to go to a neighbour's to have them contact 911, who knows how long it would have been and how far the fire may have spread?In looking at the properties from the air, they sure look close together. I had to look at it hard to determine whose house had the swimming pool.
Maybe some arguments over property; the pool being too close to the property line; screaming kids in the pool all day and all night;.......
And why would the lab be in the basement? Maybe someone put them there so they wouldn't interfere?
Yes, they seem really close together and very fortunate the fire didn't spread to neighbouring properties.. if AR had not escaped to go to a neighbour's to have them contact 911, who knows how long it would have been and how far the fire may have spread?
I found it interesting in the press conference when the detective was specifically asked:
3:30 Reporter: Are any of your suspects family members?
3:32 Det/Sgt Steve Bereziuk: Uh we've been working with the family and uh, they have been cooperative.
ie that wasn't a 'yes', but it also wasn't a 'no'.
If the fire 'started' in the couple's bedroom, I wonder if something was thrown into the window, or if someone actually *entered* the bedroom? Such a disgusting thought
This photo is from: Fatal Dundas fire investigation expected to be lengthy
Although police wouldn't say, because it is 'evidence', I believe accelerant would have to have been used in this, to make the flames go so high and hot so fast in such a defined area? I think smoking in bed would more tend to cause a smouldering type of fire?When I first heard about this 'suspicious' fire, I wondered if they had left the window open due to the heat we've had lately.
I also wondered if they'd been smoking, earlier in the night and it had smouldered. We still hear about a lot of smoking in bed fires, sadly.
"A Hamilton couple “would have experienced sheer terror” when a fire was deliberately set in their home while they slept, claiming their lives, police say."
This statement indicates to me that it is believed that the couple was asleep but would have been quickly awakened by the actual flames. Most people are killed by smoke inhalation before the heat or flames kills them. (Not an expert.)
I suspect that the fire was set directly on the bed so that the victim(s) would wake immediately to the terror of being on fire.
(My worst nightmare would be seeing a flamethrower. Not saying that happened in this case.)