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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Darcy Burner's home destroyed by fire

As if there wasn't enough bad news in the world these days, we just learned that Darcy Burner's home was destroyed in a fire this morning.

Thankfully, she and her family are safe and unharmed.

KOMO News and Belo's Northwest Cable News have the story.

So far there is no information on what may have caused the fire. All we know is that the Darcy and Mike's son Henry was woken by the smoke sometime this morning and alerted the rest of the family.

Good job, Henry. We're proud of you.

My thoughts and those of all NPI staff are with the Burner family today. NPI will be happy to coordinate any offers of help or assistance that our readers wish to make. Please leave them in the comments. Thank you.

UPDATE, Andrew: At this time, origin of the fire is thought to be a lamp that shorted, but we will know more after fire investigators complete their report. It does not appear the fire was intentionally set by anyone, spokesman Sandeep Kaushik tells NPI. He's at the scene.

UPDATE II, Jason: Darcy and her family really have lost everything except each other - and us. We've heard from the Burner campaign that they're putting together a list of things that Darcy and her family need, so we can coordinate any offers of help that NPI readers make with that list.

Please, folks, it's hard enough running for Congress to give each and every one of us a better country to live in without also having to contend with having your home ripped out from under you. Let's all give what we can.

UPDATE III, Andrew: Readers, if you have photos of Darcy, Mike, and Hnery, please send the originals to feedback (at) nwprogressive (dot) org now as an attachment. We'll collect them and give them to the Burner family.

Darcy may have some photos stored offsite, but a lot of the family's recorded memories went up in smoke this morning when the house burned.

The P-I and Times each have detailed stories on the fire.

UPDATE IV, Andrew: Here is Dave Reichert's statement on the fire, graciously provided to NPI by Reichert's campaign office:
After learning of the fire at the Burner's home this morning, I was relieved to hear that Darcy, Mike and Henry were safe.

While the loss of a home is tragic, family and loved ones are irreplaceable. My thoughts and prayers are with them as they work through their loss. At times like these we are reminded that nothing is more important than family and loved ones.
Good to see the Congressman express his sympathies.

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