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December 26, 2009
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Louisville KY Dec 26 2009 journel-courier.com A Christmas Day fire claimed the lives of two grandsons of a prominent Louisville couple as the family and firefighters joined to try to save the victims.
Flames already were shooting through the roof in the rear of the Glenview home of Cathy and Irving W. Bailey II and through the front entryway when firefighters arrived shortly after 4:30 a.m. Friday, alerted by an alarm system.
Chief Chris Aponte of the Harrods Creek Fire Department said the adults at the house were outside when firefighters arrived and were attempting a rescue, and fire crews joined in.
“Whenever there are lives involved, it changes the dynamic” at a fire scene, Aponte said. “The guys worked hard to do what they could. We had some experienced firefighters on the scene and they couldn’t make headway in it.”
The cause of the fire is under investigation, said Maj. Henry Ott of the Louisville Metro Arson Squad. The victims, whose names were not released, were ages 10 and 12, he said.
The Baileys were injured, as were three firefighters, and the couple’s home was mostly destroyed.
Aponte said two of the injured firefighters had minor burns and a third had an ankle injury.
In a statement released on behalf of the family, the Baileys said their injuries were serious but not life-threatening and that they were in a hospital. It did not identify the hospital.
“Two children were killed in this tragedy,” said the statement, provided by Scott Jennings, a family spokesman. The family requested privacy “at this time of great loss.”
Cathy Bailey, a former ambassador to Latvia under President George W. Bush, is a major Republican fundraiser and is considering a run for the U.S. Senate next year. Irv Bailey is former chairman and chief executive of Providian Corp., guiding the company through a decade of growth to its merger with the Dutch firm Aegon in 1997.
The Bailey property sits on a winding, narrow street, Longview Lane, that runs off River Road in eastern Jefferson County. The street splits into a dead-end just past the property and a cul-de-sac that contains six large houses with spacious yards.
By late afternoon Friday, what remained of the Bailey house had collapsed into the basement, Ott said.
He said five adults were in the house when the fire started — four on the first floor and one in the basement. The boys were on the second floor, he said.
Aponte said 45 firefighters from four departments fought the blaze — Lyndon, Worthington and St. Matthews, in addition to Harrods Creek.
He said the two victims were around the ages of two of his children, and many of the firefighters on the scene had children of their own at home.
“My family and I all had a big hug together” when he finally arrived home, he said. “But the images that we added to the photo album in our minds today will be something we won’t ever forget.”
Flames already were shooting through the roof in the rear of the Glenview home of Cathy and Irving W. Bailey II and through the front entryway when firefighters arrived shortly after 4:30 a.m. Friday, alerted by an alarm system.
Chief Chris Aponte of the Harrods Creek Fire Department said the adults at the house were outside when firefighters arrived and were attempting a rescue, and fire crews joined in.
“Whenever there are lives involved, it changes the dynamic” at a fire scene, Aponte said. “The guys worked hard to do what they could. We had some experienced firefighters on the scene and they couldn’t make headway in it.”
The cause of the fire is under investigation, said Maj. Henry Ott of the Louisville Metro Arson Squad. The victims, whose names were not released, were ages 10 and 12, he said.
The Baileys were injured, as were three firefighters, and the couple’s home was mostly destroyed.
Aponte said two of the injured firefighters had minor burns and a third had an ankle injury.
In a statement released on behalf of the family, the Baileys said their injuries were serious but not life-threatening and that they were in a hospital. It did not identify the hospital.
“Two children were killed in this tragedy,” said the statement, provided by Scott Jennings, a family spokesman. The family requested privacy “at this time of great loss.”
Cathy Bailey, a former ambassador to Latvia under President George W. Bush, is a major Republican fundraiser and is considering a run for the U.S. Senate next year. Irv Bailey is former chairman and chief executive of Providian Corp., guiding the company through a decade of growth to its merger with the Dutch firm Aegon in 1997.
The Bailey property sits on a winding, narrow street, Longview Lane, that runs off River Road in eastern Jefferson County. The street splits into a dead-end just past the property and a cul-de-sac that contains six large houses with spacious yards.
By late afternoon Friday, what remained of the Bailey house had collapsed into the basement, Ott said.
He said five adults were in the house when the fire started — four on the first floor and one in the basement. The boys were on the second floor, he said.
Aponte said 45 firefighters from four departments fought the blaze — Lyndon, Worthington and St. Matthews, in addition to Harrods Creek.
He said the two victims were around the ages of two of his children, and many of the firefighters on the scene had children of their own at home.
“My family and I all had a big hug together” when he finally arrived home, he said. “But the images that we added to the photo album in our minds today will be something we won’t ever forget.”
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