I see poor ravaged California ignite every year but New Jersey seems to have this hex, with some of the most destructive, massive structure fires in recent years. Just now, it's this "luxury" apartment complex (psst: cheap materials again, I bet. I feel safer in my 100 year old brick pile of
---the fire we had here a little while ago was on the top floor and contained to the unit w/no roof damage).
A massive fire broke out in a new luxury complex in Somerville, New Jersey, Friday morning. Smoke and flames were reported coming out of the roof of the luxury complex around 9:40 a.m. According to officials, the apartment complex has two buildings. One building recently had its grand opening...
www.nbcnewyork.com
Then it was
Marcal toilet paper factory and let's not forget
Edgewater, sheer devastation and still horrifying to me five years later. Edgewater was another "luxury" apartment complex managed by Avalon, made of wood and set off by a butane torch from an unlicensed worker. Then, another Avalon property still under construction was destroyed two years later (Maplewood).