On December 18, 2007, Moses Shoffner was badly burned and is now in a coma after faulty Christmas lights caught his Burlington, NC, apartment on fire at about 8:45 a.m. Shoffner?s 5-year-old son, Jaeden, was killed in the fire.

Shoffner was put into a medically induced coma so doctors could control his pain, and he may undergo surgery once he is stabilized. The fire damaged six of the 18 apartments in the three-story building. Preliminary estimates put total damage at $225,000.

While there were smoke detectors in the apartments, it is unknown if they were working properly at the time of the fire. ?[His wife] is an emotional wreck,? said Ramona Allen, who has been ministering to the family since the fire sent.”They’ve lost everything.?

Sources: Keren Rivas, ?Father remains in critical condition,? Times-News, December 19, 2007 (http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/fire_8625___article.html/shoffner_old.html); Chad Tucker, ?Badly Burned Father Placed in Coma,? Fox8News, December 19, 2007 (http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5269009&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1).