A fire Monday morning at a Walnut Creek townhome that killed an elderly woman, her adult son and a small dog was accidental, fire officials said.
The two-alarm blaze was reported at 6:30 a.m. at a townhome complex on Countrywood Court, near Treat Boulevard and Bancroft Road.
Fire officials believe the fire was sparked by smoking materials in a first-floor bedroom and an oxygen machine contributed to its rapid spread through the home, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
The victims were on the second floor, Assistant Fire Chief Chris Bachman said. Their names have not been released.
When crews arrived, one of the three people living there had escaped the blaze and told firefighters that the other two were still inside, Bachman said.
The resident who escaped was treated at the scene. There was damage to units on either side of the townhomes, fire officials said.
My thoughts go out for those who were killed and any loved ones.
So in short, dad killed his wife, son, and dog. And destroyed his home, all because of his inability to put out a burning cigarette. Ya think he’ll quit smoking now that it’s cost him so much? I don’t.
At least now he’ll have something in common with the majority of homeless people — his destructive smoking habit.
CCC Times said it was a Pipe. Question was the Oxygen his? if so what was he doing smoking? It sounds like this guy will have something terrible to live with. So sad.
@BEANZY…So your hovel is a “non-smoking” hovel?
Sanctimonious ghoul.