Friday, February 25, 2005
601 Colorado Ave (David-3)
A mother and her two children died in this fast moving blaze in a partially occupied three-family frame dwelling.
Reward upped in arson that took lives of mom, boys
Connecticut Post article created: 05/06/2005 02:22:27 AM
Fatal fire ruled arson
Connecticut Post article created: 04/02/2005 02:24:22 AM
Family's legacy will never be lost
Connecticut Post article created: 03/06/2005 02:24:24 AM
Foreclosure a prelude to deadly fire
Connecticut Post article Last Updated: 3/03/2005 08:52 AM
Fatal fire origins still unknown
Connecticut Post article created: 03/01/2005 02:27:06 AM
Smoke inhalation killed fire victims
Connecticut Post article created: 02/28/2005 02:24:09 AM
HEARTBREAKING
Connecticut Post article created: 02/27/2005 02:23:54 AM
Investigators: No evidence fatal apartment fire was arson
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer
February 26, 2005, 4:58 PM EST
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Bridgeport apartment fire that killed a young mother and her two sons appears unlikely to be arson, fire investigators said Saturday after reviewing evidence in what was originally deemed a suspicious blaze. "It's still under investigation pending the result of the autopsies, but right now there's nothing to suggest it's a criminal matter," said Sgt. Scott Llewellyn, an investigator in the state fire marshal's office. Tonechia Blackwood, 27, and her two sons, Elijah Boyd, 5, and 4-month-old Dwayne Dennis were killed in the blaze. The fire started in the family's first-floor apartment, investigators said. The second-floor of the three-story apartment house was being renovated and a tenant on the third floor escaped injury. Police were called to the scene Friday night, when investigators believed the fire might have been set intentionally. Early results of the investigation led them to get a warrant to search and control the property. It was a precautionary move, as Bridgeport Assistant Fire Chief Fred Haschak said the fire was "possibly of suspicious origin." Investigators did not say what caused the fire or what showed them it was not criminal. Those findings will be released after the autopsy reports are released and the investigation is complete, they said. "It was a very emotional scene," said Mayor John Fabrizi, who was at the fire scene Friday night. "It was tragic. I know the firefighters really felt it, just from the looks on their faces." The fire was reported about 10:30 p.m. A bystander kicked in the door to the first-floor apartment but was unable to rouse the three. "I kicked in the door to see if anyone was in there," Pablo Garcia told the Connecticut Post. "I almost got burned."
Copyright © 2005, The Associated Press
- "Ironically, Blackwood had survived a fire that broke out at another Colorado Avenue home 10 years ago to the day on Feb. 25, 1995. Blackwood saved herself in that pre-dawn blaze by jumping from a second-floor window."
Reward upped in arson that took lives of mom, boys
Connecticut Post article created: 05/06/2005 02:22:27 AM
Fatal fire ruled arson
Connecticut Post article created: 04/02/2005 02:24:22 AM
Family's legacy will never be lost
Connecticut Post article created: 03/06/2005 02:24:24 AM
Foreclosure a prelude to deadly fire
Connecticut Post article Last Updated: 3/03/2005 08:52 AM
Fatal fire origins still unknown
Connecticut Post article created: 03/01/2005 02:27:06 AM
Smoke inhalation killed fire victims
Connecticut Post article created: 02/28/2005 02:24:09 AM
HEARTBREAKING
Connecticut Post article created: 02/27/2005 02:23:54 AM
Investigators: No evidence fatal apartment fire was arson
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer
February 26, 2005, 4:58 PM EST
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Bridgeport apartment fire that killed a young mother and her two sons appears unlikely to be arson, fire investigators said Saturday after reviewing evidence in what was originally deemed a suspicious blaze. "It's still under investigation pending the result of the autopsies, but right now there's nothing to suggest it's a criminal matter," said Sgt. Scott Llewellyn, an investigator in the state fire marshal's office. Tonechia Blackwood, 27, and her two sons, Elijah Boyd, 5, and 4-month-old Dwayne Dennis were killed in the blaze. The fire started in the family's first-floor apartment, investigators said. The second-floor of the three-story apartment house was being renovated and a tenant on the third floor escaped injury. Police were called to the scene Friday night, when investigators believed the fire might have been set intentionally. Early results of the investigation led them to get a warrant to search and control the property. It was a precautionary move, as Bridgeport Assistant Fire Chief Fred Haschak said the fire was "possibly of suspicious origin." Investigators did not say what caused the fire or what showed them it was not criminal. Those findings will be released after the autopsy reports are released and the investigation is complete, they said. "It was a very emotional scene," said Mayor John Fabrizi, who was at the fire scene Friday night. "It was tragic. I know the firefighters really felt it, just from the looks on their faces." The fire was reported about 10:30 p.m. A bystander kicked in the door to the first-floor apartment but was unable to rouse the three. "I kicked in the door to see if anyone was in there," Pablo Garcia told the Connecticut Post. "I almost got burned."
Copyright © 2005, The Associated Press
