This is so sad. :(

It did for me as well. The Alpha Gams are immediately next door to the Delts in Athens. Both the Ohio University and Ohio State campuses were profoundly affected -- and to the best of my knowledge, the alleged arsonist has never been caught.

There is also word of a fire at the SAE house at Kent State, but thankfully nobody hurt at that one.

Bad week for SAE.

Again, condolences to everyone involved.

http://www.10tv.com/?sec=home&story=...521127164.html

This is the latest on the story. Hopefully, they will find him.

It wasn't reported but I will bet it was a grill on the porch.

The campuses are receiving a huge outpouring of support and Ohio was thanked during the news conference. Many moons ago, I was a little sister for SAE at USC.....A group of us have sent food to the houses.....The gamecock painted in front of the Russell House has been designated as the receiving place for condolences. The young lady DZ from Clemson was a sophomore....

I am so sorry to hear such heartbreaking news.

Absolutely tragic...there are no words.

I was also reminded of the Alpha Gams in Ohio when I read this subject. My thoughts and prayers are with the chapters, families and friends of the departed. As a parent, I can't imagine how one copes.

Three young ladies and one young man who died have been identified as well as the young man who survived by jumping into the water from the 3rd floor.

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7280102

I'm pleased to hear that Ohio could help, but sorry for the reason the support was necessary.

IHeartUGA, thanks for the update and the link.

AGDee, it's nice to know that people still remember, but it's too bad when a situation like this to brings the memories back.

On behalf of the entire Greek system at East Carolina University, I offer our deepest sympathies to the families (biological and Greek) who have lost loved ones.

They will continue to be in our thoughts an prayers.

Y'all watch those grills. Several years ago, my family had a condo on Lake Travis in Austin and the family in the next condo left their grill burning. It set their deck, then ours on fire--no one was home at the time--and burned down several condos.:(

Possible Cause
 

"One of Allison's roomates was able to make it out, just barely. She told Walden a pizza left in the oven and forgotten about may have started the fire."

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7280102

The Victims...
 

One of by best friends growing up in South Carolina was the president of SAE at USC...my heart is breaking for him right now...


"Names of the victims had not been announced by authorities. But relatives and friends identified six family members who died:


The father of Allison Walden, 19, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, confirmed his family is planning a memorial service for his daughter.

Terry Walden told The State he sent his daughter’s dental records for identification purposes.

Walden said after speaking with his daughter’s roommate, Fallon Sposato, he believes his child never woke after going to sleep early Sunday. Sposato was at the house with Walden, but escaped the blaze, he said.


Sophomore Travis Cale, 20, of Greenville was among the students who perished, his brother Burns told The State.

Cale, an upbeat and quick-witted young man, graduated from J.L. Mann High School in 2006 and grew up a Gamecock fan, friends and relatives said.


Lauren Mahon of Simpsonville is another victim, according to a memorial page set up by her friends on Facebook.

A freshman, Mahon listed law and real estate as her academic concentrations on her Facebook profile page.

Mahon is also listed as a 2007 pledge for the USC chapter of Delta Delta Delta on the sorority’s Web site.

Mahon’s friend, Megan Maness, set up the page today in memory of Mahon.


Friends of Cassidy Pendley told the Charleston Post and Courier that the Fort Dorcester High School graduate was among the victims. Memorial pages for her are posted online.


Anna Lee Rhea said her older brother, William, was among the dead - a devastating blow to their older brother, Andrew, who made it out of the house alive.

"Everybody loved him. Everybody really misses him," she said in a brief telephone interview with the Associated Press. "You couldn't help but love him."


Stephen Anderson, 23, told the Wilmington (N.C.) Star his younger brother Justin, a USC sophomore who grew up in Greenville, was among those who died."

http://www.thestate.com/news/story/214172.html

This just got closer...just found out one of my pledge sister's cousin was survivor of this incident. I can't imagine what the survivor's must be going through as well!