Thank you FOX 16 for removeing FOXYLADY post it was way out of line

FOXYLADY you are way out of line First of all there was no smoke around the area when they showed up at the duplex,they went inside the other duplex no smoke,they used their heat camera found no heat,because it was all over the fire put it self out long before they were called,the victims were already dead,there was smoke in the area early because of another house fire close by,it may have been a judgement call not to walk around back,but it was all over by then,also you don'y just break into someones home because a neighbor smells smoke.

Contractorgal is right and wrong. The state of Arkansas just put into effect a law that as of January 1, 2012, any new construction building that is equipped with gas is required to have one carbon monoxide detector per floor. They can be battery operated or hard wired. And you can use the combo CO/smoke alarms, which is dumb. Code says CO alarms must be no higher than 3 ft from the floor. CO is heavier than smoke. But the code also says that smoke alarms must be a certain height from the floor and ceiling. As for her quoting the "Universal Building Code", thats irrelevent. The Universal Building Code is trash. Arkansas State Fire Marshall (who is with the Arkansas State Police) adopts the IFC (International Fire Code) which is derived from the IBC (International Building Code) which is put together by the ICC (International Code Council). With that said, the state of Arkansas drafts and sends to Legislature the state mechanical and plumbing code which must meet or exceed the international codes. Building codes and fire codes come from the same book basically.

The firefighters did exactly what they were supposed to do. They used a thermal detection device which would detect if there was a fire, smoldering or otherwise, in the apartment. The Housing Authority is required to have smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors installed according to code, so I'm sure they did. More than likely, the family was already dead when the first firemen arrived so there is no one to blame if anyone feels the need to cast blame.... which is not going to accomplish a thing.

This is a sad situation and you guys are bickering over a alarm. Yes there should have been a carbon minoxide detector but the fact is there is a family that lost 5 loved ones. Who cares if the North Little Rock or Little Rock firefighters were there helping out. Jacksonville lost 2 firefighters this week to a tragic story one fighting for his life and one that is gone! They are helping those guys out! Heck they were also busy with a house fire on the access road that someone lost their house and it was right by a gas line! It could have been the same type of issue! Who knows. No one never have all the right answers unless they were there when it happened!

This is a sad situation and you guys are bickering over a alarm. Yes there should have been a carbon minoxide detector but the fact is there is a family that lost 5 loved ones. Who cares if the North Little Rock or Little Rock firefighters were there helping out. Jacksonville lost 2 firefighters this week to a tragic story one fighting for his life and one that is gone! They are helping those guys out! Heck they were also busy with a house fire on the access road that someone lost their house and it was right by a gas line! It could have been the same type of issue! Who knows. No one never have all the right answers unless they were there when it happened!

ContractorGal, you don't know what you're talking bout. You think you can sling around some codes. Well those codes are followed to a T soooo. Go follwo a code somewhere and leave this poor family alone, keep your opinion to yourself cause it does not at all apply here. Pray for the family and give the family support, not some building code that I know for a fact was followed to the T.

Smoke detectors were in place and were still operable when the maint.man arrived. So, if you don't know what you're talking bout, shut your mouth. Pray for the family. they just sustained a huge loss, one of which I cannot even imagine, Quit running your mouth and put rumors out there. It is alrady bad enough as is

So sad and young to lose you're life so soon my heart goes out to the family.

How come the Firefighters did check inside the House?