: Western Canada Weekend
Founder and former CEO of the famous online shoe company Zappos Xie Jiahua (Tony Hsieh) was seriously injured in a fire in the early morning of November 18th. After being in the hospital for more than a week, he finally lost. The god of death was declared dead on the 27th.
However, after the death of this billionaire, the cause of death became suspicious. Xie Jiahua was strangely trapped in the house when the fire broke out. After the fire, the appearance of the mansion was still intact .
At the same time, a colleague broke the news that Xie Jiahua was addicted to laughing gas and alcohol when he was alive. It is possible that he accidentally caused a fire while using laughing gas.
According to recordings from the police and the fire department, when the fire broke out in the early morning of the 18th, everyone in the burning house was outside, and only Xie Jiahua did not escape inside the house.
firefighters arrived at the scene and discovered that the fire was in a shed storage room behind the house, and black smoke was constantly emerging from the house.
According to the recording of a rescuer at the time, Xie Jiahua was locked inside the house with locked while everyone else was outside, trying to get Xie Jiahua to open the door, but no matter how people outside the house shouted, Z17z Xie Jiahua did not respond.
This sounds like Xie Jiahua locked herself in the house and did not want to come out, but the police station said that when they received the report, the informant said that "there was a fire in the house, and someone was trapped in the house."
The police could only forcefully break the door and rescue Xie Jiahua, but in the end it was a step too late. The forensic doctor determined that Xie Jiahua's death was due to complications caused by inhalation choking injuries and determined the incident as an accident.
As the fire only occurred inside the storage room, no other parts of the house were damaged. The firefighters only took more than 8 minutes to control the fire.
The police are still investigating the cause of the case, but according to Xie Jiahua’s colleague obtained by Dailymail, the cause behind the fire may be caused by Xie Jiahua himself.
According to this colleague, although Xie Jiahua is superficially beautiful, he actually has a dark side that is unknown.
Xie Jiahua had a habit of inhaling laughing gas during his lifetime, as well as alcoholism. Since his retirement in August, the situation has become more and more serious.
Xie Jiahua likes to drink Grey Goose vodka very much. His colleagues say this wine is Xie Jiahua's "best friend". Originally he was just drinking, but Xie Jiahua became very dependent on laughing gas after he resigned as CEO.
Friends of Xie Jiahua knew that he had a very serious problem with alcohol and laughing gas , but he ignored the advice of others.
Xie Jiahua often talks publicly about his medication habits, and every year he goes to Nevada to participate in the Burning Man Festival (Burning Man Festival), because all kinds of drugs can be used publicly there.
But in the period before his death, laughing gas became Xie Jiahua's first choice. His colleagues said that Xie Jiahua can suck up dozens of bottles of laughing gas a day.
Under the dual impact of drugs and alcohol, Xie Jiahua's recent life has become paranoid and weird. This is probably the reason why he locked himself in the storage room.
How did the fire happen? Colleague Xie Jiahua said that Xie Jiahua usually likes to light candles and , which makes the surrounding environment very atmospheric, but the composition of laughing gas is nitrous oxide, which can accelerate the burning of combustible substances. A colleague of
speculated that Xie Jiahua might accidentally cause a small explosion while opening the nitrous oxide tank, which eventually caused the fire.
Xie Jiahua still spent time with his closest friends when the fire broke out.
The value of the fireThe $1.3 million sea-view villa belongs to Rachael Brown, an employee of Xie Jiahua and a good friend of Xie Jiahua.
At that time, Xie Jiahua was living with a brother of him, and it is not clear whether Rachel was also there. Xie Jiahua's 47-year-old brother was not injured.
There was another man named Anthony Hebert at the fire scene. His hand was injured but he refused to receive treatment.
According to media reports, 36-year-old Herbert said in an interview that Xie Jiahua was with relatives and "soul mate" at the time, but did not specify who this soul mate was. The legendary and talented CEO of the
generation ended up in this way. The 840 million inheritance did not know where to go, which is really sad. Jiaxi also reminds everyone here on weekends: Cherish life and stay away from drugs!
