50 Cent's Long Island Home Burned Down In 'Suspicious' Fire
By Chris Georg
20:55, May 30th 2008
Rapper 50 Cent's $2.4 million Long Island home, in which his ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins and the former couple's son lived rent-free, burned down last night after a "suspicious" fire broke out in the home around 5 a.m. while Tompkins, her two children (including the son with 50 Cent), and three other adults were sleeping.
According to onlookers, no one was seriously injured but all six people who were in the house at the time of the fire were rushed to the Huntington Hospital and treated for smoke inhalation and other small injuries.
"She was all right," eyewitness Frank Hoyte, a Newsday employee said referring to Tompkins, adding that she was visibly "angry."
A firefighter has also suffered a minor eye injury, officials said. The rapper does not live in the home and apparently wasn’t there at the time his six bedroom, five bath house in Dix Hills, New York, was destroyed.
Investigators from the Suffolk County arson squad were called to the scene after Dix Hills Fire Chief Larry Feld deemed the blaze "suspicious." The fire was reported about 5 a.m. and extinguished about 45 minutes later, Feld said.
Asked why he believed the fire was suspicious, Feld said that, "The rapid movement of the fire. The volume of the fire. It was engulfed. The home was totally gutted."
The house in question became the subject of a legal dispute after Tompkins filed a suit against 50 Cent earlier this year claiming he had promised her the house more than a decade ago, but that since their breakup he now wants to evict her and their 10-year-old son from the home, or make her pay market rent for the place, about $5,400 a month.
50 Cent’s publicist released the following statement immediately after finding out about the incident.
"Informed this morning while filming a new motion picture on location in Louisiana, Curtis Jackson expressed deep concern over this fire at his property. He is extremely thankful that everyone including his son, Marquise, escaped the burning house safely. He is confident that authorities will be conducting a thorough investigation of the incident and is eager to review their findings."
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By Chris Georg
20:55, May 30th 2008
Rapper 50 Cent's $2.4 million Long Island home, in which his ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins and the former couple's son lived rent-free, burned down last night after a "suspicious" fire broke out in the home around 5 a.m. while Tompkins, her two children (including the son with 50 Cent), and three other adults were sleeping.
According to onlookers, no one was seriously injured but all six people who were in the house at the time of the fire were rushed to the Huntington Hospital and treated for smoke inhalation and other small injuries.
"She was all right," eyewitness Frank Hoyte, a Newsday employee said referring to Tompkins, adding that she was visibly "angry."
A firefighter has also suffered a minor eye injury, officials said. The rapper does not live in the home and apparently wasn’t there at the time his six bedroom, five bath house in Dix Hills, New York, was destroyed.
Investigators from the Suffolk County arson squad were called to the scene after Dix Hills Fire Chief Larry Feld deemed the blaze "suspicious." The fire was reported about 5 a.m. and extinguished about 45 minutes later, Feld said.
Asked why he believed the fire was suspicious, Feld said that, "The rapid movement of the fire. The volume of the fire. It was engulfed. The home was totally gutted."
The house in question became the subject of a legal dispute after Tompkins filed a suit against 50 Cent earlier this year claiming he had promised her the house more than a decade ago, but that since their breakup he now wants to evict her and their 10-year-old son from the home, or make her pay market rent for the place, about $5,400 a month.
50 Cent’s publicist released the following statement immediately after finding out about the incident.
"Informed this morning while filming a new motion picture on location in Louisiana, Curtis Jackson expressed deep concern over this fire at his property. He is extremely thankful that everyone including his son, Marquise, escaped the burning house safely. He is confident that authorities will be conducting a thorough investigation of the incident and is eager to review their findings."
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