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alp227

(33,328 posts) Sat Jan 21, 2012, 09:27 PM Jan 2012

Remorseful man admits causing Reno fire [View all]

An elderly man discarding fireplace ashes accidentally touched off the brush fire that raged south of Reno, destroying 29 homes and forcing thousands of people to flee the flames, authorities said.

The man admitted his role by improperly disposing of the ashes at his home.

Investigators already had tracked the origin of the fire to a location in East Lake on the north end of the Washoe Valley, where the man lives about 20 miles south of downtown Reno.

full: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57363292/remorseful-man-admits-causing-reno-fire/

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Remorseful man admits causing Reno fire [View all] alp227 Jan 2012 OP

Throw his wrinkled old ass in jail! nt valerief Jan 2012 #1

Why? jberryhill Jan 2012 #2

He wouldn't start another fire with his negligence. nt valerief Jan 2012 #4

Do you think that could be accomplished another way? jberryhill Jan 2012 #7

thats the type of vitriol and lack of sympathy RWers would display. i guess you've never made a dionysus Jan 2012 #13

Call me a tender heated fool. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2012 #3

I think he's a damn, careless, lazy fool, who probably owned up to it before he got caught. nt valerief Jan 2012 #5

Don't hold back. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2012 #6

I'm glad I don't live where one small mistake causes disaster jberryhill Jan 2012 #9

May you never. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2012 #11

I accidentally started a flamewar on DU once jberryhill Jan 2012 #12

I don't think anyone should be imprisoned for a flamewar. valerief Jan 2012 #15

No ice. It makes my ass wrinkle jberryhill Jan 2012 #19

There are some parts of the body that *should* pucker more than others. nt valerief Jan 2012 #20

I'm off sugar, so I no longer sugarcoat anything. Ha! nt valerief Jan 2012 #16

We are all damn, careless lazy fools at one point or another jberryhill Jan 2012 #8

I never burned down a neighborhood, no. nt valerief Jan 2012 #17

Do you live where a small mistake can cause that? jberryhill Jan 2012 #21

Why didn't he properly dispose of the ashes at his home instead of being dangerously negligent? nt valerief Jan 2012 #23

Why does anyone fuck up anything? jberryhill Jan 2012 #24

You don't grasp the concept of negligence. nt valerief Jan 2012 #25

Damn! A whole year of torts shot to hell jberryhill Jan 2012 #26

You sound just perfet. emilyg Jan 2012 #14

I didn't know so many people went around burning down neighborhoods. nt valerief Jan 2012 #18

He didn't go "around burning down neighborhoods" jberryhill Jan 2012 #22

Obviously an accident. They do happen. We all are only human. nt Skip Intro Jan 2012 #10