House Fires
Six die in New Year’s Day house fire in Washington DC
By Kate Randall, January 3, 2009
Six people died in a New Year’s Day house fire in Washington DC. Authorities suspect “a catastrophic electrical failure” as the cause of the blaze.
House fire in Philadelphia kills seven
By Naomi Spencer, December 29, 2008
An intense house blaze has claimed seven lives in a working class neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Utilities cut off to 1 in 20 US households in 2007
By Kate Randall, December 18, 2008
A survey released Wednesday shows that utility service was cut off to 1 in 20 households in the US in 2007, spelling hardship for families forced to go without heat, hot water, lighting, or cooking fa...
The rise and fall of Highland Park, Michigan
December 6, 2008
The WSWS interviews Kurt Metzger, Director of the Detroit Area Community Indicators System, about the rise and decline of Highland Park, Michigan.
US: The social and historical roots of the Highland Park fire tragedy
By Tom Eley, December 6, 2008
Conditions in Highland Park provide a microcosm of the rise and decline of heavy industry, and especially auto manufacturing, in the US. The city saw the deaths of three young children and their aunt ...
Death of Detroit firefighter: victim of a city’s social decay
By Lawrence Porter, November 25, 2008
On Friday, November 21, a funeral service attended by close to 3,000 people was held for Detroit firefighter Walter Harris, who died fighting a fire in an abandoned home on the city’s east side.
Thousands mourn Detroit Firefighter
November 25, 2008
Thousands of firefighters from across the United States and Canada joined family members and many concerned residents of Detroit last Friday, November 21, to mourn the death of Walter Harris a much-lo...
WSWS speaks with family members of Michigan fire victims
By the, November 1, 2008
WSWS reporter D'Artagnan Collier spoke to family members and a teacher of one of the victims of the fire in Highland Park, Michigan which killed four people on Wednesday, October 22.
Detroit residents denounce social decay in fire deaths
October 30, 2008
The following video is part of a series by the World Socialist Web Site reporters on the dire social conditions prevailing former auto production centers in Detroit.
Detroit residents and firemen denounce social decay in fire deaths
By Daniel Douglass and D’Artagnan Collier and Tim Tower, October 29, 2008
Residents and firemen in Highland Park, Michigan have denounced the social conditions that led to the deaths of three children in a tragic house fire last week.
Highland Park, Michigan residents speak on deadly fire
October 24, 2008
The World Socialist Web Site sent a reporting team to Highland Park, Michigan, where a house fire killed four people in the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 22, 2008. Residents spoke to the W...
Detroit area house fire kills four
By Tom Eley, October 23, 2008
Early Wednesday morning three children and their great aunt died in a house fire in Highland Park, Michigan. The likely cause of the fire was an electrical space heater the family was using for warmth...
