1. Common Man on December 29th, 2005 at 4:50 pm
   

   Why can’t we get some fire codes around here to help prevent this stuff? If there were firewalls between apartments (extending through the attic and over the roof) we would not have these fires spreading like they do. Decent laws and construction would prevent alot of these large apartment fires we have around here.
2. malcolm on December 30th, 2005 at 9:58 am
   

   #1 Agreed.
   I guess all of these poor folks did not have renters insurance nor did the apartment owners offer/provide same.
3. neocon on January 1st, 2006 at 11:26 am
   

   I really feel sorry for these people, especially at this time of the year. However, if my house or your house would have burned down, do you think some church would be taking donations? No, because we insure our homes and take personal responsibility for its care and maintenance. You can bet the apartments’ owner has insurance. I don’t believe it is up the the partment owners to provide individual fire insurance for its renters. I’ve never lived in an apartment where that was provided. I have had renter’s insurance before and it is not expensive. Why won’t these people take responsibility for their own apartment, home or whatever. I don’t mean to sound mean-spirited, but this happens all too often. Look at New Orleans, why didn’t those people have insurance?

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