During a vigil for Whitney Houston, a fan accidentally ignited a fire in her home.
Anne Lomax, 53, had been honoring the late star by playing her records and lighting a candle, which unfortunately led to a fire in her Manchester house after she had gone to sleep.
At 2:30 am, Mrs. Lomax was awakened by her smoke alarm and managed to escape without injury, but her living room was consumed by the flames, which ignited from her curtains and spread to various electrical items in her home.
“I had been sitting at the computer playing some music and saying a prayer for Whitney Houston,” she recalled. “As a big fan, I was devastated when she died, so I decided to light a candle in her memory.”
She continued: “I thought I had extinguished it before going to bed, but the next thing I knew, the smoke alarms were blaring.”
Whitney Houston tragically passed away last Saturday (February 11) at the age of 48. She was found submerged and unconscious in a hotel bathtub in Beverly Hills.
While it has been reported that her death resulted from an overdose of Xanax and other prescription medications combined with alcohol, authorities indicate that it may take up to eight weeks to officially determine the cause of death.
A police spokesperson noted that even though prescription drugs were discovered in the singer’s room, claims that they contributed to her death are still regarded as “rumours and speculation.”
by Lorelle Heath
