灾害 · 波特兰住宅火灾持续报道 · 第 2 篇,共 2 篇
波特兰一家人逃离住宅火灾,却失去两只猫,面临高昂的灾后恢复费用
马修·汉弗莱说,重置家人的物品可能要花$150,000,而租客保险保额为$61,000。消防部门关于电池的结论仍是初步判断。
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马修·汉弗莱说,重置家人的物品可能要花$150,000,而租客保险保额为$61,000。消防部门关于电池的结论仍是初步判断。
马修·汉弗莱打开车库门时,里面烟雾弥漫。他看到工作台上有电池,那里已经起火,他的椅子周围也有火。楼上,他的女儿仍需要他去救。 1
10月27日星期二凌晨,他的妻子闻到烟味,叫醒了他。当时他们住在波特兰东北部的家中。她叫醒一个儿子,让他去叫醒另一个;两个男孩当时都睡在楼下。汉弗莱上楼,用毯子裹住女儿,把她抱了出去。他、妻子和三个孩子都逃了出来。 1
但这不等于说全家都活了下来。在KPTV 10月30日的报道中,汉弗莱说,他和妻子当时也试图救他们的猫。10岁的利奥和6个月大的斯莱夫都死了。他描述了自己被告知家人都逃出来了、应该感到高兴时的痛苦。 1
我的家人没能全都逃出来。我的家人、孩子们逃出来了,但我的宝贝们没有。
火灾让这个家庭为宠物哀悼,同时还要面对严重损毁,并设法弄清楚家当有多少能够重置。汉弗莱称,他的租客保险保额为$61,000,而重置家中物品的初步估算为$150,000。最终的保险赔付金额和重置费用都尚未确定。 1
支票并非保证
据KPTV报道,波特兰消防与救援部门表示,初步迹象显示,火灾由锂离子电池引起。这只是对起火原因的初步判断,并未最终说明究竟是哪件设备发生故障或故障如何发生。有关家庭情况的详细说法和该部门的初步评估,都来自同一篇报道。 1
汉弗莱说,前一天晚上他一直在帮一位朋友处理一辆电动自行车。他睡觉前检查过车,觉得一切看起来都没问题。大约6小时后,烟雾和火焰吞噬了房屋。他看到燃烧的工作台上有一块电池,这一点与调查有关,但仅凭这一观察并不能确定引发火灾的具体故障。 1
报道没有指出电池的品牌或型号、充电器的情况,也没有说明火灾发生时设备是否正在充电。目前没有最终调查结论,也没有正式宣布调查结束。若将责任归咎于制造商、自行车车主或汉弗莱,就超出了现有证据所能支持的范围。
汉弗莱在接受KPTV采访时警告他人注意电动自行车的风险,并说:“我已经做了最好的准备,可房子还是烧毁了。”他这番话描述的是睡前的安心与之后发生的事情之间的巨大落差,并非经核实得出的结论,不能证明所有安全措施都已落实。 1
重新开始的代价
如今,房屋的窗户已被木板封住,房屋也遭受火灾损坏。室内,消防人员灭火时切开了部分天花板,因为火焰已经蔓延到那里。汉弗莱描述了房屋各处的损毁,以及一家人10年来积攒的物品和回忆的损失。这番描述展现了这个家庭损失的规模,但并非正式的结构评估,也不能据此认定房屋已彻底损毁。 1
关键事实
更换物品和修缮房屋之间的区别很重要。汉弗莱所说的$150,000估算指的是物品,而不是房屋。他所说的保险保额不到这一估算的一半。即使保险赔付达到他所说的全部$61,000,也会比初步估算的重置费用少$89,000。这只是根据他的说法进行的算术计算,并非保险公司确认的赔付缺口,也不是最终账单。 1
汉弗莱说,他多年前办理了租客保险,但随着家中物品不断增多,他没有更新保单。如今,保单上的金额与这个家庭十年来积攒的家当重置成本形成对照。一家人最终实际能获得多少赔付尚无定论,损失的最终评估结果也未确定。 1
我们此前的报道无法证实的事项
10月27日,我们报道了波特兰东北部的一起车库火灾:居民在消防人员抵达前逃出,消防人员还救出了一只猫。该报道未能确定起火原因、全部损失、对公用事业的影响,以及居民能否返回家中。KPTV此前的报道没有说出汉弗莱的身份,也没有给被救出的猫命名。 13 2
10月30日的报道详细介绍了汉弗莱遭受的损失,并提到初步的电池起火迹象,但没有提供地址,也没有其他信息能证实这两篇报道涉及同一所房屋。因此,不能用此前报道中的救猫事件来反驳他所说的利奥和斯莱夫已经死亡。也不能简单地把此前报道中的地点和消防情况套用到他家。 1 2
汉弗莱正在寻求社区帮助,而一家人则一天一天地面对火灾后的生活。那天早上,当务之急是让所有人撤离。重置家中物品、弄清房屋能否再次安全居住,以及承受失去利奥和斯莱夫的痛苦,都是他们接下来要面对的事。 1
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- Mathew Humphrey’s family escaped a house fire that killed their two cats. He says replacing their belongings could cost $150,000, against $61,000 in renter’s insurance coverage. What caused the fire, and how much will the family have to rebuild with?
- On October 27, we reported a Northeast Portland garage fire in which residents escaped and firefighters rescued a cat. We don’t know whether that was Humphrey’s home. The rescued cat hasn’t been identified, so that rescue doesn’t tell us what happened to his pets.
- Humphrey’s home burned early Tuesday morning in Northeast Portland. His wife smelled smoke and woke him. He ran downstairs and opened the garage door, finding the garage full of smoke.
- He could see fire around his workbench, where a battery was sitting, and around his chair. That was where he first saw the flames after waking. The night before, he’d been helping a friend with an electric bike.
- Humphrey says he checked the bike before going to bed and thought everything looked all right. About six hours later, smoke and flames had engulfed the home. His check gave him reassurance that night, but the fire followed while the family slept.
- His wife woke one son and told him to wake the other. Both boys had been sleeping downstairs. Humphrey went upstairs for his daughter, wrapped her in her blanket and carried her out. He, his wife and their three children escaped.
- Humphrey and his wife also tried to save their cats. But Leo, who was 10 years old, and six-month-old Slyve died. Humphrey pushed back against the idea that everyone he considered family had survived.
- He described how painful it was when people told him to be happy his family made it out. He said, “My family didn’t make it out. My people children, made it, but my babies did not.”
- Boarded-up windows and fire damage now cover the home. Inside, firefighters cut away part of the ceiling after flames reached it. Humphrey described destruction throughout the house, and the loss of belongings and memories accumulated over 10 years.
- Humphrey puts his renter’s insurance coverage at $61,000. He says early estimates put replacing his belongings at $150,000. Those figures come from him, and the actual insurance payment and final replacement cost are still unsettled.
- That replacement estimate covers belongings. Repairing the building would be a separate cost. Humphrey says he arranged his renter’s insurance years ago and hadn’t updated it as the family accumulated more possessions. His stated coverage is less than half his early estimate.
- Portland Fire and Rescue says preliminary indications suggest lithium-ion batteries caused the fire. Investigators haven’t given a final explanation of exactly what failed. Humphrey’s account places a battery at the burning workbench, but the precise cause is still unresolved.
- Humphrey is warning others about electric-bike risks after believing he’d checked the bike carefully. He said, “I did the best-case scenario, and my house still burned down.”
- The difference between his two figures is $89,000. Even if an insurance payment reached the full coverage he described, it would fall that far below his early replacement estimate. His eventual costs still depend on the final loss assessment and settlement.
- Humphrey is seeking community help while the family takes the aftermath day by day. There’s still no word on when the home could safely be occupied again.
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