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12-23-2006, 07:44 AM
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Here's what happened to me yesterday
DAVIE
Christmas-tree fire injures Davie woman A Davie woman was hospitalized in urgent trauma care with serious burns after her Christmas tree went up in flames. BY BREANNE GILPATRICK bgilpatrick@MiamiHerald.com Becky Watson and her fiancé were just days away from celebrating their first Christmas in their Davie home. But Watson was rushed to the hospital Friday with serious burns after neighbors said their Christmas tree caught fire, and she narrowly escaped as flames rapidly scorched the inside of their home at 6230 SW 38th St. No one else was injured. Her fiancé, Justin Collison, wasn't home at the time of the blaze. The cause of the fire is still under investigation by the state fire marshal. Witnesses said Watson told them she was inside the house about 3 p.m. when she suddenly noticed that the tree was on fire. After she tried to douse the fire with a glass of water, the tree, set up near the front door in the living room, went up in flames, said Mary Mans, who lives across the street. Mans said she was sitting in front of her home when she saw Watson emerge from the smoke blanketing the front of the house. Watson -- whose skin was peeling and her head bleeding -- then made her way across the street, eventually collapsing in the grass in front of Mans' home. ''I can't even believe she got out of the house the way that house looked,'' Mans said. ``It looked like something from a movie.'' Watson was taken to Broward General Medical Center and later airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. And she was in urgent/trauma care there as of late Friday night. Neighbors said she suffered burns to her arms, face and the back of her head but was conscious as she was transported to the hospital. Mans said she thinks the flames near the door burned her as she tried to escape. But throughout the ordeal, Mans said Watson was focused on one thing: rescuing her dog, Bo. While she lay on the grass, she kept screaming for someone to go inside and rescue Bo, Mans said. ''She was worried about the dog, and not realizing how badly she was burned,'' Mans said. Mark Cavanagh was working nearby when he heard the screaming. He then went into the house to try and rescue her dog. He said he managed to enter through the back door of the house but could barely see inside because of the ''thick, black smoke,'' saying the flames made it feel like ``you were getting burned yourself.'' ''You couldn't even see in front of you,'' he said. In the end, Cavanagh smashed the home's windows, but was pushed back by the heat and smoke. Neighbors theorized the dog was able to escape through a window. The dog eventually ended up unharmed in Mans' front yard. ''They love that dog,'' Mans said, as Bo played behind her. Watson and Collison rent the home from Collison's mother Valerie Parkhurst. And they had moved in about six months ago, Parkhurst said. Although firefighters arrived within minutes and extinguished the blaze, the front of the house was left charred, with the fire melting the front window frame. ''The house is pretty well damaged,'' Davie Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Brian Nolte said. ``It's uninhabitable right now. (please pray for Becky) I know she has a tough road of recovery ahead of her...)
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12-23-2006, 08:22 AM
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Wow, so glad she was able to get out. All the best to everyone of you....keep us posted on her progress.
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12-23-2006, 10:13 AM
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Really sorry to hear of this. I hope your future daughter-in-law's recovery is as quick as nature will allow and complete.
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12-23-2006, 10:55 AM
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I'm so sorry to hear that Val. If there is anything that I can do to help let me know. Prayers have been sent. I'm glad that everyone got out.
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Bird Dogs and Hunting If you're betting against God, you better be right. "When a dog dies they take a piece of your heart but leaves you a piece of his, and humans always make out in that deal. " Mark Twain. Larry Miller
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12-23-2006, 08:02 PM
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Damn...my best wishes and prayers to all of you! Please let us know if there is any thing we can do...
Dan
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12-23-2006, 08:33 PM
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Val, I am terribly sorry to hear this.
Thoughts and prayers are with you.
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12-24-2006, 12:32 AM
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Valerie,
Sorry to hear this. Nothing I can say can make things better any quicker, but I do wish your future daughter-in-law a quick recovery. If I were going to be in Florida for more than just tomorrow, I would offer to lend a helping hand, and if tomorrow wasn't already scheduled away (i.e., replace brother-in-law's water pump on his 1995 Cherokee, attend Church, Christmas dinner with the in-laws, packing), I would offer my help tomorrow. May you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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12-24-2006, 08:59 AM
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Val,
Just read the story, and my heart goes out to you and your family. Please keep us updated on how she is doing, and I promise you all are in our prayers. Whenever you hear of something like this, it sure puts our own small problems in true perspective, doesn't it?
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12-24-2006, 06:44 PM
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Thank you so much everyone...I think we are all still walking around in a daze here...one bright spot, the kids lost everything of course, so this am I thought ok...maybe if he gave her, her engagement ring in the hospital it would brighten things up for them...he had been saving up for a nice one but hadn't purchased it yet. So I took a beautiful set that had been soldered together, the band and the engagement ring, ran to the jewelers, had them taken apart and cleaned and boxed so he could formally propose tonight at the hospital...don't know the details yet, but I know she said yes...you would not believe the out-pouring of help people are trying to provide..would you believe the Red Cross was on the scene before the firefighters had even finished??I thought that was amazing..they gave my son a pre-paid credit card for immediate necessities..Their neighbors are angels..I cant even begin to write what they are continuing to do for all of us. Becky is still very medicated because of the extent of her burns..we are dealing with that one day at a time, she is young and healthy so she has that on her side. But I ache for what she is going thru...God Bless all of you and thank you so much for your support, even though we are all miles from each other, I know you are all in my corner and for that I love you all dearly.....Valerie
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12-25-2006, 12:11 AM
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Sounds like a brite spot in all the murkiness, Val.
I guess along with my prayers, give them my congratulations also. May God speed her recovery along.
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