Rhino
10-29-2007, 08:30 AM
Seven College Students Killed in Fire at North Carolina Beach House
Monday, October 29, 2007
OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. — Students at the University of South Carolina returned to class Monday morning, many still waiting to learn the names of the classmates who were among seven people killed in a weekend beach house blaze.
The home erupted into a storm of fire and smoke Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. Six of the seven students killed attended the University of South Carolina; the other attended Clemson University. Six other South Carolina students in the house survived....
...The fire struck sometime before 7 a.m. and burned completely through the first and second floors, leaving only part of the frame standing. The waterfront home — named "Changing Channels" — was built on stilts, forcing firefighters to climb a ladder onto the house's deck to reach the first living floor.
One witness described seeing three students sitting on the ground screaming as the home burned, and another jumping from a window into a waterway.
The intense heat kept a newspaper deliveryman, Tim Burns, and others from attempting a rescue. When he approached the front door, he said, it was too hot to open. Above him, he heard windows begin to explode....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,305739,00.html
Monday, October 29, 2007
OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. — Students at the University of South Carolina returned to class Monday morning, many still waiting to learn the names of the classmates who were among seven people killed in a weekend beach house blaze.
The home erupted into a storm of fire and smoke Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. Six of the seven students killed attended the University of South Carolina; the other attended Clemson University. Six other South Carolina students in the house survived....
...The fire struck sometime before 7 a.m. and burned completely through the first and second floors, leaving only part of the frame standing. The waterfront home — named "Changing Channels" — was built on stilts, forcing firefighters to climb a ladder onto the house's deck to reach the first living floor.
One witness described seeing three students sitting on the ground screaming as the home burned, and another jumping from a window into a waterway.
The intense heat kept a newspaper deliveryman, Tim Burns, and others from attempting a rescue. When he approached the front door, he said, it was too hot to open. Above him, he heard windows begin to explode....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,305739,00.html