Fire destroys Newtown home of shooting survivors

[The Straight Story]

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A Newtown home destroyed by a fire this week was owned by a couple whose children survived the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in December.

The News-Times of Danbury reports ( http://bit.ly/ZsimWk ) that Wednesday afternoon's fire left Hans and Audra Barth and their three children homeless. The American Red Cross has put them up in a hotel.

Two of their children attended Sandy Hook Elementary School, including a first-grader in teacher Kaitlin Roig's classroom. Roig has been called a hero for barricading her students in a bathroom as the shooter killed 20 other first-graders and six educators.

Friends say the family lost everything in the fire, and their pet dog and several baby chickens died. St. Rose of Lima Church is taking donations.

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[niyad]

1. that is so horrible.

[malaise]

2. Damn - this is awful

[mnhtnbb]

3. Having also lost everything--but not the family pets--in a house fire I understand

how awful things are going to be for quite some time for this family.
I hope they have a better experience than we did dealing with their
insurance company and mortgage holder on their home.