LaShawna Carter now must live the Christmas nightmare of many parents Christmas has gone up in smoke.
Carter had left her south Kansas City home Friday morning to sign a new rental lease when officials summoned her back because of fire. She arrived to find her landlord, TV crews and a burnt-out living room in the home in the 6000 block of East 100th Street.
The Christmas tree and all the presents were gone.
A Fire Department spokesman said an electrical short caused the fire.
Carter said she thinks some old tree lights that her kids found in storage set the blaze.
The flaming tree fell onto a sofa, catching it on fire, she said. I d been leaving the Christmas tree lights on all the time, Carter said. I didn t really know any better.
This was the first time the young mother of three had tried to make Christmas for her kids. Carter said she is a business school student who managed to buy each child a few presents. Now I don t know what I m going to do, she said.
My kids don t have anything.
The Red Cross put them up in a motel Friday night.
But I feel blessed that none of my kids were home, she said.
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