2006 — March 11, Fire, two-story home, Evensville, Rhea County, TN — 9
— 9 Badger/NFPA. Catastrophic Multiple-Death Fires for 2006 (NFPA No. MDS06). 2007.
— 9 CNN. “Nine die in Tennessee house fire. 3-11-2006.
Narrative Information
CNN: “A fire engulfed a two-story house in eastern Tennessee, killing nine people — including four young children, as they slept, local officials said. A 19-year-old man, who was on the first floor, escaped the blaze, according to the Evensville Fire Department. Evensville is about 45 miles north of Chattanooga.
“The fire department responded shortly after 6 a.m. An investigation by Rhea County sheriff’s deputies is under way to determine the cause of the fire. According to the fire department, two of the children were a year old; the others were 4 and 6. The fire also claimed the lives of a 16-year-old boy and three women, ages 49, 23 and 22.” (CNN. “Nine die in Tennessee house fire. 3-11-2006.)
Badger/NFPA: “The second largest [2006 residential] fire killed 9 people, 4 of them under 6. The fire occurred in a two-story, single-family dwelling of unprotected wood-frame construction that had no smoke alarms. Arcing electrical equipment ignited combustibles in the ceiling/attic area above a second-story bedroom. Something woke a resident asleep on the first story. He heard screams from the second story, and he made several unsuccessful rescue attempts before he escaped unharmed.” (Badger, Stephen G. Catastrophic Multiple-Death Fires for 2006 (NFPA No. MDS06). Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Association, Fire Analysis and Research Division, Sep 2007, p. 3.)
Sources
Badger, Stephen G. Catastrophic Multiple-Death Fires for 2006 (NFPA No. MDS06). Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Association, Fire Analysis and Research Division, Sep 2007. Accessed 7-8-2013: http://www.nfpa.org/~/media/files/research/nfpa%20reports/overall%20fire%20statistics/catastrophic2006.ashx
CNN. “Nine die in Tennessee house fire. 3-11-2006. Accessed 7-9-2013 at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/11/house.fire/