@hckynutjohn wrote:
@golding76
I can personally relate to part of your post. I lived close to 7 years in a 9 unit apartment building. In 1975 about 2am I smelled smoke. My now wife was staying with me for the night.
I opened my apartment door and could see nothing but smoke. I woke her up and told he "we gotta get out of here". We grabbed the closet things to wear and started from there.
My apartment was on the 2nd floor right next to the stairs that led to the main door. We could not see, but managed to stumble slowly down the 15 steps to get out. No cell phones then, so I did call 911 while getting dressed.
I went around to all the lower level balconies and pounded on the sliding door to try to wake up everyone on that floor. I stood outside hollering st the top of my voice at the upper floors where I lived trying to wake everyone up.
Fire Dept. got there and put out the fire. I was told someone used gasoline on the steps to try to burn the building down. It was intentionally set to harm or kill someone. 4 of the main level and 4 of the upper level suffered lots of smoke damage, but no fire. I have always been a light sleeper and was fortunate that I smelled smoke.
That is only 1 part of the story. Years after I moved into my townhome from there, there was another fire in that same building. The fire burned the whole building down, and the cause if the fire?
It was traced to exactly what you have said, and 1 person died. That person lived in the exact apartment I lived in when there, on the upper floor. He was and older man(probably much younger than my present age), and the fire started in my old apartment. And he was the only 1 that died.
The lot where that building sat is still empty. I see it every time I go by on that Interstate Highway. Really sad, but my tale of 2 stories. That building was doomed it seems. It's a miracle with 2 fires, only 1 person died.
hckynut 🇺🇸
@hckynutjohn
Glad you and your wife got out safely......
Your story reminds me of what some called "the cursed apartment complex" in an area where I lived ---a RARE tornado and the only apartment complex that was hit ---you guessed it ----THAT complex, (and there are many apartments in that area) this was the news report:
Among the tornado's stops was an apartment complex where a twister early Saturday destroyed 120 units, damaged 260 units and left 300 people homeless. ″It’s amazing to me that no one was killed,″ The Manager said as he climbed over bricks on a tour of the apartments.
There were mysterious fires one caused by a lightning strike, water pipes breaking, hail storms (again the only property with roof damage)---one disaster after another---each time repairs were made and the complex was still there waiting for the next crisis....The property was eventually sold to a different Property Management Co, they changed the name of the complex and all the disasters suddenly stopped......WEIRD
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