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Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Daily Mail
Illegal migrant dad burned himself, wife and two young children to death inside Utah home
An undocumented migrant set his house on fire, killing himself, his wife and their two young children as horrified neighbors watched the tragedy unfold, according to police. Yordano Valencia Pina reportedly started the fire in the Utah home on Friday, trapping his wife Jaimar Bravo Gil, 33, their son Juliano, 9, and daughter Yorgina, 14, inside. West Jordan neighbors who witnessed the inferno jumped into rescue efforts before authorities arrived at the scene. A man was seen on a video jumping a fence to try to get inside the $600,000 burning home and rescue the residents. The good Samaritans saw Yorgina, whose body was completely burned, trying to escape the house fire by crawling to a neighbor's yard. One of the neighbors, Robert Harlow, told ABC 4 the teen girl's eyes were burned shot as she fought for her life. She was reportedly yelling for help and saying she needed oxygen. Harlow said: 'It was the worst thing I've ever seen in real life.' Yorgina was airlifted to the hospital, where she later died, but not before telling police that her father was to blame for the fire. Harlow managed to save the family's dog, who became the only survivor of the fire. He said: 'I reached down, and I felt a dog on some stairs, trapped behind a child's gate... I ripped the gate out of the wall, grabbed the dog and took it out to the front yard. I felt like it was taking its last breaths.' Harlow suffered elevated carbon monoxide levels during the rescue efforts and was taken to the hospital. He has since fully recovered. West Jordan police said the fire was caused by arson after officials found a fire accelerant in the home. The family came to the U.S. from Venezuela about two years ago, as reported by ABC 4. Jaimar's family told the local outlet that she was being abused by her husband, but did not go to police because she was undocumented and feared deportation. He sister said: 'It wasn't just this weekend… it was many years of mistreatment.' The sister continued: 'I feel powerless. I feel powerless today. I feel destroyed. I feel many people could have done more.' Officials said there was one previous incident of domestic violence reported at the family's home. Police also revealed that Yordano had been pacing back and forth before there was an explosion in the home. Yordano reportedly also called his employer Friday to say he would be late to work and had been selling some of his possessions.
Daily Mail
7 days ago
- Daily Mail
Awful moment illegal migrant dad burned himself, wife and two young children to death inside Utah home
An undocumented migrant set his house on fire, killing himself, his wife and two young children as horrified neighbors watched the tragedy unfold, according to police. Yordano Valencia Pina reportedly started the fire in the Utah home on Friday, trapping his wife Jaimar Bravo Gil, 33, their son Juliano, 9, and daughter Yorgina, 14, inside. West Jordan neighbors who witnessed the inferno jumped into rescue efforts before authorities arrived at the scene. A man was seen on video jumping a fence to try to get inside the $600,000 burning home and rescue the residents. The good Samaritans saw Yorgina, whose body was completely burned, trying to escape the house fire by crawling to a neighbor's yard. One of the neighbors, Robert Harlow, told ABC 4 the teen girl's eyes were burned shot as she fought for her life. She was reportedly yelling for help and saying she needed oxygen. 'It was the worst thing I've ever seen in real life,' Harlow said. Yorgina was airlifted to the hospital, where she later died, but not before telling police that her father was to blame for the fire. Harlow managed to save the family's dog, who became the only survivor of the fire. 'I reached down, and I felt a dog on some stairs, trapped behind a child's gate... I ripped the gate out of the wall, grabbed the dog and took it out to the front yard. I felt like it was taking its last breaths,' he said. Harlow suffered elevated carbon monoxide levels during the rescue efforts and was taken to the hospital. He has since fully recovered. West Jordan police said the fire was due to arson after officials found a fire accelerant in the home. The family came to the US from Venezuela about two years ago, as reported by ABC 4. Jaimar's family told the local outlet that she was being abused by her husband, but did not go to police because she was undocumented and feared deportation. 'It wasn't just this weekend… it was many years of mistreatment,' Jaimar's sister said. West Jordan police said the fire was due to arson after officials found a fire accelerant in the home 'I feel powerless. I feel powerless today. I feel destroyed. I feel many people could have done more.' There was one previous incident of domestic violence reported at the family's home, officials said. Police also revealed Yordano had been pacing back and forth before there was an explosion in the home. Yordano reportedly also called his employer Friday to say he would be late to work and had been selling some of his possessions.
Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Yahoo
One airlifted after fire engulfs West Jordan home
WEST JORDAN, Utah () — A large fire and police presence are on scene at a West Jordan home that reportedly was engulfed in flames on Friday morning, July 18. A West Jordan spokesperson confirmed with that firefighters responded to the fire just before 10:30 a.m. While the scene remains active as of 12:15 p.m., the spokesperson confirmed the fire is out. The spokesperson confirmed there were people inside the home at the time of the fire, but could not say how many were inside the home or their ages. One witness reported to that at least one patient had been taken to a local area hospital by helicopter, though the city spokesperson was unable to officially confirm that information. Images courtesy Bayan Wang and Wendy Toale Brandon Toale, a resident of the neighborhood, said he saw flames coming out of the multi-story home and firefighters attacking the flames from the outside. But he said the immediate feeling the fire brought was a sense of community. 'Mostly the conversations [among bystanders] were 'Do we know what happened?' and 'How can we help?'' Toale said. 'I think that's one of the best things about this community.' ABC4 has a crew on scene and is working to confirm additional information. This is a developing story. ABC4 will update this post as new information becomes available. Latest headlines: Bountiful man charged for possessing more than 2,000 files of CSAM, documents say Monroe Canyon fire still at 0% containment, crews focus on structure protection Dragon Bravo Fire expected to worsen amid 'hot, dry weather,' still 0% contained 19-year-old airlifted to hospital after tractor accident in Farmington One airlifted after fire engulfs West Jordan home Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Yahoo
‘Someone's worst nightmare' — Witness to deadly West Jordan house fire describes rescue of child at the scene
WEST JORDAN, Utah () — One woman who witnessed the described the moment that her boyfriend ran to rescue the only survivor of the fire, a child. She said that the child was burned 'head to toe', but that her boyfriend doesn't consider himself a hero. That rescue was caught on video, as her boyfriend, Asher, makes the decision to jump out of his vehicle and run toward the home engulfed in flames to help what appears to be a child in the backyard trying to get out. Lucy Hunt is the other person in that video who continued recording after he left the car and jumped over the fence into the backyard. She spoke to describing the scene and Asher's actions. While police have not confirmed, Hunt stated that the child was the fourth individual who was life flighted to the hospital in critical condition. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 3 killed, 1 airlifted after fire engulfs West Jordan home, investigation treated as a crime scene Lucy said that they were in the car before they saw the fire. Asher was driving to work, and he was planning to drop her off on the way, when he noticed the smoke billowing from the fire. He asked Lucy if they should turn around, and she said yes. 'And so we turned around, and it was like, so much worse than we thought it was, and it was already getting darker and darker and larger,' she described, referring to the smoke. Asher didn't hesitate, Lucy said. 'He just ran and jumped the fence because he saw… He saw a little kid come out the side of the house.' Lucy said she stayed in the car because she didn't have shoes on, but she could see the child in the backyard. 'You could just see her reaching for the gate, she couldn't get it open, and a neighbor broke down the fence so she could get out of there.' Lucy described the child's injuries. 'From where I could see, like you could tell that… In [Asher's] own words, he said that she was burned from head to toe.' (Images courtesy Bayan Wang and Brandon Toale) She added that the child's injuries didn't feel real to her, and they looked like something out of a movie. 'She was screaming. She was probably in so much pain,' Lucy stated. She also said that the child was talking, but they couldn't understand what she was saying. Once it was over, Asher and Lucy went back to their house, but on the way, they saw a dog who apparently came from the house that caught on fire. 'At first we thought it was like, you know those grey dogs that have really long hair? We thought it was one of those, but we pull up and we roll down the window, you could smell the smoke on this dog. From so far away, you could smell it.' She said that the neighbor who broke down the fence also ran into the house and pulled the dog out, but it got spooked and ran. That neighbor ran into the house multiple times, she added, and he took his shirt off for the child to have something to wear. Asher declined to speak to the media, and Lucy said that he doesn't want to talk about it. 'I think the reason that he didn't want to talk to anyone is because he didn't consider himself a hero,' she said. 'I don't think he likes it when people keep saying that to him, because she got herself out, you know? She got out by herself. She's the reason she's alive. He only really guided her.' Even though Asher may not want to be called a hero, Lucy described his courage. 'I think he is so brave,' Lucy said. 'You don't know that many people who would just jump into that, 'cause we were across the street. We could feel how hot it was, like so hot, I can't even imagine how it was over there.' Asher was taken to the ER to be treated, but Lucy said that he is back home and doing well. She said that he also doesn't want to talk about what happened because he doesn't want to think about it. 'That's something you never want to see,' she said. 'That's like someone's worst nightmare, and so, honestly, I think he's just trying not to think about it, and I can't imagine how it is for [the child] when she recovers.' Latest headlines: Republicans eye efforts to quiet Epstein uproar but can't quash it Utah spends the 3rd lowest amount of income on childcare in nation: Wallethub Utah's air tanker bases have already used 1.2 million gallons of retardant fighting wildfires One dead after Orem house fire Friday morning Officials warn of potential flash floods in burn scars and Zion National Park Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Washington Post
03-06-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Sportsman's Warehouse: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot
WEST JORDAN, Utah — WEST JORDAN, Utah — Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. (SPWH) on Tuesday reported a loss of $21.3 million in its fiscal first quarter. The West Jordan, Utah-based company said it had a loss of 56 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 41 cents per share.
