the thing that stood out to me was that it happened at 3:30 in the morning. unless he was sleeping, which it doesn’t say he was, then the time of day is certainly unusual. it also says he was trapped in the home and they had to use force to get to him, which would imply he was locked somewhere in the home.
Neither 3:30am or any of the other details are automatically suspicious. This stuff happens, all the time, and there's no reason to suspect foul play until investigators say so.
All it takes is an electrical spark, a candle they forgot to put out, a heater too close to some fabric and you got yourself a fire.
Frankly this internet sleuthing is rather pointless and, in my opinion, in rather bad taste.
https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-tony-hsieh-zappo...
>DTP Companies spokesperson Megan Fazio said in an email that Hsieh was injured in a Nov. 18 fire in New London.
>New London Fire Chief Thomas Curcio told The Courant there was only one fire with injuries that day — at a home at 500 Pequot Ave. (Curcio declined to release the identity of the person injured in that fire.)
>Curcio told The Courant that, at about 3:30 a.m. on Nov. 18, his department received a report that a fire had trapped someone in the home. All of New London’s fire vehicles responded to the scene, Curcio said, and pulled the person out of the home
There's speculation elsewhere about a different house fire in Stratford. And I suspect many other house fires match the timeline.
I looked at the Stratford case too. Doesn’t match. It was a 42 year old adult with 2 other adults and 2 teens. Hsieh is 46. https://patch.com/connecticut/stratford/man-severely-burned-...
And if you look at original TheDay house it’s a waterfront mansion...clearly owned by someone wealthy along with matching the timeline.