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Originally Posted by jakdracula
Dunno if the 'crime' thread is the place for this... BUT:
21st and Warton just had a house fire tonight, 3 news helicopters hovering overhead for the live sensational shot.
Now, that's just a few blocks south of Washington, but it's kind of our hood... I just want to know if anyone else things theres been an unusual amount of abandoned homes burning down around us... or am I just paranoid?
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Well, arson is a crime, so if that's what you're suggesting then this is a good place for the comment. We've had several fires in our neighborhood this year, all involving either vacant housing or seriously substandard housing:
21xx Christian (substandard) -- resident caused fire trying to heat -- can't recall whether it was faulty wiring, space heater etc
7xx S 19th (substandard - fatal) -- smoking
1904 Carpenter (fatal) -- unattended pot on stove
9xx S 20th (substandard/abandoned) -- resident/squatter probably caused fire unintentionally
755 S 20th (vacant) -- fire caused in process of demolition, when workers used welding equip on oil tank that hadn't been emptied, or so I hear.