Quote:
Originally Posted by cv94117
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry of San Fran
From what I saw from my apartment (Essex Fox Plaza) I strongly suspect arson.
|
Because you're a fire expert and you can tell what happened from Fox Plaza, right?
|
Hmmm, no suspicions yet on my part, though it is not too far fetch'ed. The cause of the Santana Row fire was never determined. Lots of extremist groups born out of the area have certainly acted on their beliefs by causing arson before.
According to the news, sprinkler pipes were installed already, but sprinklers themselves were not installed/active. Also, they looked into the histories of both BRE and Suffolk Construction and found nothing out of the ordinary, and in fact Suffolk was "Safe Contractor of the Year" or something to that effect.
While we may criticize this building as being cheap or poorly designed, the fact remains that a team poured a lot of their heart and soul into making this building work, some groups or a group had a lot of money invested in this project, this project was going to contain affordable housing, and now hundreds of surrounding residents are displaced now as a result. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt, but if this is arson in the name of anti-development/no wall on waterfront sentiments, then I hope those involved are caught and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.