California Firefighter's Widow Agrees To Settlement In Fatal House Fire

SAN PABLO, Calif. - The widow of a firefighter who was one of four people killed in a 2007 house fire in San Pablo has agreed to settle her wrongful death lawsuit against two companies that provided security services for the home.

Fire Engineer Scott P. Desmond (left) and Fire Captian Matt C. Burton (right) died in a fire that killed 4 in the unicorporated Montalvin Manor neighborhood.
(Contra Costa County Fire Protection District)

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The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Pinnacle Security of Utah and its subcontractor, Security Associates International of Illinois, will pay Carolyn Desmond a combined $4.6 million.

Desmond's 2008 suit blamed the companies for the death of her husband Scott, who died of smoke inhalation.

The lawsuit claims a Security Associates employee reported the fire to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District using a non-emergency line, causing a delayed response to the blaze.

The home's two residents also were killed, along with another Contra Costa County firefighter.

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