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Couple who had been together over 50 years dies in house fire

cincylink — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 18:30:07 +0000

THE COUPLE. YEAH. HEY, GOOD EVENING TO YOU, KRISTIN. ANDREW AND THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY JUST PLAN TO KEEP THE LEGACY THAT CHARMAINE AND LARRY ANDERSON BUILT IN THIS BELTZHOOVER HOME. A LIVE FOREVER. LOSING BOTH THEIR MATRIARCH AND PATRIARCH IN THE PLACE. THE WHOLE FAMILY CALLED HOME AS DEVASTATING FLAMES TORE THROUGH ITS WALLS EARLY THIS MORNING. THEY’LL BE GREATLY, GREATLY, GREATLY MISSED. MY HEART IS BROKE. LANIECE ANDERSON IS ONE OF THREE CHILDREN BELONGING TO 76 YEAR OLD LARRY AND 74 YEAR OLD CHARMAINE ANDERSON, WHO CALLED THIS BELTZHOOVER HOUSE HOME SINCE 1972. THEY DIED TOGETHER 57 YEARS, ONE WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE OTHER. IT WAS AROUND 540 THIS MORNING. KRISTA WASHINGTON WAS CALLED BY NEIGHBORS TO TELL HIM FLAMES WERE ENGULFING HIS GRANDPARENTS. CEDAR HURST STREET HOME. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THEY GOT TO THE HOUSE WITHIN FOUR MINUTES, BUT NEITHER LARRY OR CHARMAINE SURVIVED. FOR THEM TO GO OUT TOGETHER, WE COULDN’T HAD IT NO OTHER WAY, HONESTLY. NOW, AFTER REMEMBERING THEIR LEGACY AND THE PERFECT NOTES THEY HIT WHEN IT CAME TO LOVE AND FAMILY, MY GRANDFATHER PLAYED THE GUITAR ALL MY LIFE, PLAYED THE BASS, THE PIANO. MY GRANDMOTHER PLAYED THE BASS. ALSO. SO SHE WAS A SINGER. HE HAD A GROUP FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. THEY TOURED AROUND. THEY LOVED HER FAMILY. THEY LOVED HER COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, THIS WAS ALWAYS A HOUSE THAT ANYBODY COULD PULL UP TO AND GET LOVE BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS GAVE THEIR LOVE TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. IT’S A LEGACY THEY LEFT A LEGACY THAT I’M PROUD OF. I’M PROUD TO CARRY ON A LEGACY OF LOVE, FAMILY AND MUSIC. IT HELPS TO KNOW THAT THEY’RE TOGETHER FOR SURE. SO WE’LL GET THROUGH THIS. WE HAVE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS. AND SO WE’LL MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND AND THE FAMILY HAS BEEN OUTSIDE ALL DAY. I HEAR THEM REMINISCING, SHARING SOME STORIES. WE’RE BACK HERE LIVE AT THE THE NOW CHARRED HOUSE. I SHOULD SAY. YOU COULD SEE THAT HEAVY DAMAGE REALLY KIND OF ON THAT SECOND FLOOR. IT’S UNCLEAR IF THE HOME IS REPAIRABLE AT THIS POINT. WE DO KNOW THAT FROM PUBLIC SAFETY THAT INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SUSPICIOUS. AND ONE LAST THING I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS THAT TOMORROW WOULD HAVE BEEN LARRY ANDERSON’S 77TH BIRTHDAY. LIVE FROM PITTSBURGH’S BELTZHOO

'One wouldn't have been without the other': Couple together for over 50 years dies in house fire

One person died at the scene, another died at the hospital

A man and woman died in a house fire in Pittsburgh's Beltzhoover neighborhood early Monday morning.Firefighters responded just before 5:40 a.m. to the 400 block of Cedarhurst Street. The first crews arrived within four minutes. The family said the victims are 74-year-old Charmaine Anderson and 76-year-old Larry Anderson. Larry would've celebrated his 77th birthday on Tuesday. "For them to go out together, we couldn't have had it another way," said Christo Washington, the oldest grandson. Washington described his grandparent's home as the music house, adding that many of his family members share the same passion for music as Charmaine and Larry did."You hear the name Anderson, you're going to know this is the music house. All of us, top to bottom, sing, dance, music, all of it. We got it from this house," Washington said. "My grandfather played the guitar, played the bass, the piano (and) my grandmother played the bass also, she was a singer. They had a group for years and years and years, they toured around."One victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Another later died at the hospital, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety."They died together, 57 years. One wouldn't have been without the other," said Lenise Anderson, the victims' oldest daughter. "It helps to know they're together. They'll be greatly, greatly, greatly missed. But they're happy, and they're together – that's all that matters."

PITTSBURGH —

A man and woman died in a house fire in Pittsburgh's Beltzhoover neighborhood early Monday morning.

Firefighters responded just before 5:40 a.m. to the 400 block of Cedarhurst Street. The first crews arrived within four minutes.

The family said the victims are 74-year-old Charmaine Anderson and 76-year-old Larry Anderson. Larry would've celebrated his 77th birthday on Tuesday.

"For them to go out together, we couldn't have had it another way," said Christo Washington, the oldest grandson.

Washington described his grandparent's home as the music house, adding that many of his family members share the same passion for music as Charmaine and Larry did.

"You hear the name Anderson, you're going to know this is the music house. All of us, top to bottom, sing, dance, music, all of it. We got it from this house," Washington said. "My grandfather played the guitar, played the bass, the piano (and) my grandmother played the bass also, she was a singer. They had a group for years and years and years, they toured around."

One victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Another later died at the hospital, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety.

"They died together, 57 years. One wouldn't have been without the other," said Lenise Anderson, the victims' oldest daughter. "It helps to know they're together. They'll be greatly, greatly, greatly missed. But they're happy, and they're together – that's all that matters."

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5-year-old boy killed in Pendleton County fire

cincylink — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:27:17 +0000

FALMOUTH, Ky. — A five-year-old was killed following a fire in Northern Kentucky Saturday morning.

A public information officer with Pendleton County Sheriff's Office said firefighters with Falmouth Volunteer Fire Department received a call about the fire around 6 a.m. at a duplex on Chapel Street.

At the time of the fire, a mother and her three children were asleep when the fire broke out. The father was on his way home from work.

The mother was able to get her eight-year-old and 16-month-old baby out safely through a second-story window with help from a Falmouth police officer, the release said.

Officials said the mother tried to rescue her five-year-old son, but was not able to because of the intense heat and smoke.

The mother was forced to jump out the second-story window as the fire department was arriving.

The release said firefighters located the five-year-old boy in the bedroom, but he had died from the smoke and heat.

Right now, the cause of the fire is unknown.

The fire remains under the investigation of the Campbell County Fire Investigation Team and the Pendleton County Sheriff's Office.

The families being displaced by the fire are being helped by the American Red Cross.

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Families sue landlords after apartment fire killed 17 residents

cincylink — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 03:17:03 +0000

NEW YORK — Families are suing the owners of an apartment building in the Bronx after 17 people died in a fire.

The five lawsuits named Bronx Park Phase III Preservation, the Bronx Phase III Housing Co., and three investment groups as defendants.

The suits allege that safety violations led to the tragedy.

Fire officials said a malfunctioning space heater started the blaze on January 9.

The fire produced suffocating smoke that rose through a stairwell and killed people as they tried to flee.

Lawyers with the New York law firm Weitz & Luxenberg said owners of the building did not follow rules for self-closing doors and windows that can stay open.

Attorneys added that residents of the apartment where the fire started left their front door open.

Spring-loaded hinges were supposed to shut the door automatically, but they did not work.

Fire investigators said that the apartment’s front door and a door on the 15th floor should have been self-closing to help contain the spreading smoke, but that the doors stayed fully open.

It was not clear if the doors failed mechanically or if they had been manually disabled

The lawsuit did not specify details about monetary damages and did not cite specific safety violations.

Another attorney, Larry Goldhirsch, said specifics will be announced in the coming weeks.

A spokesperson for the building’s owners denies they were responsible.

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