A big bill, but no one to pay it

Sabrina Ashford was playing with her 2-year-old daughter when she noticed smoke rolling out from under the door that led to her family’s basement. It was March 23, 2011, and her 5-year-old son, Dereonte — having skipped an after-school snack — was in his basement bedroom at their rented Englewood bungalow. After Sabrina spotted the smoke, a longtime family friend who was …