Dog the Bounty Hunter's daughter Bonnie Chapman loses six pets in house fire, salvages mom Beth's ashes
FISHERVILLE, VIRGINIA: The house fire that occurred in Fishersville, Virginia, on Tuesday, according to Dog the Bounty Hunter's daughter Bonnie Chapman, killed six of her pets. When she learned about the fire at the rental home on Tuesday, Bonnie, 24, told TMZ that she was at work with her boyfriend Ismael.
According to the news outlet, she said, "While I was at work, I got a call that my house was on fire. Immediately, I packed up my things, and I left work as quick as I could." Bonnie claimed that she went to the house in the hopes that she had gotten false information, but when she got there, she discovered it was on fire.
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She said that all six of her animals — three cats, a dog, a gecko, and a snake — had died as a result of smoke inhalation. She said, "When I arrived at the scene, the fire had initially told me told me that they had found two cats and they were looking for any other animal," as per reports.
'That was one of my main concerns'
Bonnie told the source that she was relieved that her late mother Beth Chapman's ashes, who died away from cancer in 2019 at the age of 51, was spared from the fire. Regarding the ashes, she remarked, "That was one of my main concerns." She then said, "A big chunk of my belongings are destroyed or are engulfed in smoke," as reported by TMZ.
'That's how I'm gonna honor them'
Instead of beginning a Go Fund Me campaign, Bonnie said she would consider cremation rings or commissioning pictures to pay tribute to her dogs. She said, "That's how I'm gonna honor them, and I'm gonna keep them with me at all times because they have filled my life with so many memories." According to fire officials, the blaze was started by an electrical problem.
Bonnie Chapman is well-known for having a significant online social media following, notably on Twitter and Instagram. She was born in Denver, Colorado. In their A&E reality series 'Dog and Beth: On the Hunt', her mother, Beth Chapman, also made an appearance bounty hunting alongside her father. Although Bonnie is more private than many of her siblings, she is currently employed as a makeup artist and TV producer, as reported by Famousbirthdays.