Saturday, February 4, 2012
In the latest of a recent string of tragic events, a fire in the affluent 1500 block of Meridian Court Friday evening resulted in the deaths of seven people.
Authorities are currently unsure as to the cause of the fire, which erupted in the late evening hours during a memorial service for Farnetti's fiance, Norfolk resident Maricela Munoz, who died recently in a freak electrical fire January 30th, while driving with an acquaintance through the Downtown Tunnel.
Among the deceased are Norfolk residents Michael Farnetti, heir to Fortune 500 company Farnetti and Sons Contracting; Farnetti's media assistant, Lynn Graves; DeVon Hutchinson, who was providing security for the memorial service; and Lt. Gregory Fawn of the Portsmouth Police Department. Additional friends and family were in attendance; their bodies have not yet been found but they are presumed dead.
Officer Fawn recently investigated the suicide of Portsmouth resident Shaun Jacobs, also a friend of Farnetti, and had come to offer his condolences when the fire broke out, which quickly engulfed the Farnetti residence, spreading to two adjacent homes before it was extinguished. The two homes suffered only minimal property damage.
Updates will be posted as they become available.
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