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Roof Building Fires

I don't know if you saw the news today, but on NY1 there was a report about a building in the East Village that had a fire develop on the roof.

You can read about it here:

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/121786/large-fire-damages-east-village-building

Fire officials said the building was unoccupied, despite its being used for commercial and residential purposes.

This still raises a concern. How safe is your building? Is your building, especially the roof a fire trap?
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
There was a fire in a building about 1/ 2 block away from mine last week. Its so sad. It very quickly reminded me that my renters insurance needed to be renewed. . . . nothing like a tragedy to make me think of myself :)
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Is it because people leave things on the roof? One roof on the LES I was on recently had a sign for people not to leave metal bottle tops up there because the sun would bake them into the tar, and that would cause fires. Of course the whole roof was full of these bottle tops baked into the tar, so clearly not many people read the sign.
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
I bet it is all the stuff people leave on roofs, especially with everyone hanging out up there every chance they get during the summer.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Ugh - I hate when people disregard signs like that. It's like - they're there for a reason, people! People can be so thoughtless sometimes! I sure sound like someone's grandmother, there.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Everybody: According to the latest investigation, it appears that improper wiring was used to connect something on the roof, and that is what created the fire.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@ajadeidealist You do sound like someone's grandmother, but people really are thoughtless and cause such unnecessary damage if only they would be a bit more respectful and follow signs that someone obviously took a lot of trouble to put up.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
I think the strain on the power grid produces more electrical fires - my landlord told me there was an electrical pole fire only a few blocks from my house down in the Slope.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/queens/fdny-battles-fires-amid-heat-wave-20100707-akd

At least that heat wave seems to be over. For the moment.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Thank goodness, @neversleeps! After so many days of English rain, I never thought I'd be glad for the sun to take a bit of a breather behind the clouds
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