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3. Four Firefighters and a Woman Named Sue
Battalion Chief (Ret.) Robert Avsec
“You see, back on December 11, 2012 my sister-in-law, Sue Bonham, came as close to“buying the farm” as one can without actually writing a check to the bank. That afternoon a 20” natural gas pipeline ruptured at a spot about 300 yards from the front door of the home owned by Sue and her husband, Paul Bonham (Paul retired as a firefighter who successfully completed his career with the Charleston (WV) Fire Department). The ensuing fire ball and sustained flame from the rupture would incinerate two nearby homes and cause significant thermal damage to the exterior of several more homes—including Sue’s and Paul’s—in the immediate area.”
