Apartment Arsonist Loose in San Antonio?

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

Another big apartment fire in SA. One yesterday. Both started about the same time of the day, around 6 pm. Both have the same style of being top heavy.

Could we have a possible manic arsonist?

[Faccia di Angelo]

clue me in on how the other exactly was started? I work down the street from the one from yesterday and a coworker of mine lives there and still not sure how it began. Hope thats not the case.

[ObiwanGinobili]

all i know is i'm double thinking my initial decision to not buy renters insurance.

[Vashner]

Yea get the insurance and keep offsite backup of critical documents.

[exstatic]

Where was today's fire? I was driving home along Bitters/Starcrest/W'bach pkwy, and it looked like it was on Thousand Oaks, maybe?

[Kori Ellis]

Exstatic - can you check your private messages? (it's not regarding the fire)

[Sapphire]

There was another fire on Friday night! I am starting to think there IS an arsonist. They need to stop him before he kills someone. I'm going out of town for the weekend, so I hope my apartment is still here when I get back........

[Ishta]

We got renters insurance yesterday, and I work at an apartment community...It is not that expensive to get at all, and it is worth it if it's your building collapsing from a fire with all of your crap inside...You know most of those people are just fucked.. That fire was terrible.

[ObiwanGinobili]

We got renters insurance yesterday, and I work at an apartment community...It is not that expensive to get at all, and it is worth it if it's your building collapsing from a fire with all of your crap inside...You know most of those people are just fucked.. That fire was terrible.


what company did you use?

[Vashner]

If you have car insurance you might check with that company. Some offer discounts.

[Ishta]

what company did you use?
Farmers...or you can call you car insurance agency, they will usually do it also.

[Dex]

Yeah, I was actually right out in the thick of things with my camera. Got there just after the firetrucks started showin up, since I live just up the street there on Thousand Oaks. Thought you all might want to some of the shots, show off some of my editorial work.

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Looks like I have some material for my first Photo-Journalism project. I also have some aftermath shots I got today, I'll try to put them up later.

[Dex]

Aftermath:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/raverdex/22.jpg

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(Check out the wooden rocking chair that somehow survived everything.)

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[bry3]

all i know is i'm double thinking my initial decision to not buy renters insurance.

You should buy it anyway. I just don't understand why people do get it, when they have bunch of stuff in an apartment in the first place. Premiums are NOT rediculously outrageous. I have Renters to cover up to $20,000, and I only pay like $6 a month. Seriously, $6 a month. So what if it would take away from one meal at McDonalds.

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

A third apartment fire:

23 units

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA082105fire3rd.KENS.95eb08ce.html

[SpursFanDan]

Thats fucked, Three in four days. Now its getting out of hand, its too much of a coincidence

[Samr]

I'd like to appologize on behalf of.....

no, seriously, that sucks. I hope they catch the guy. There are much safer, and legal, ways to feed your pyro needs. That's what the 4th of July is for.

[Shelly]

It does sound like it's a serial arsonist.

[cherylsteele]

A third apartment fire:

23 units

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA082105fire3rd.KENS.95eb08ce.html


One of my best friends had an apartment there.....she went to austin fof the weekend and came back today to find out her apt. complex burned. They are putting her in a hotel for a few days.

[MannyIsGod]

Man, thats awful. I lived in a complex with a serial arsonist and a lot of people ended up homeless because of him.

[MannyIsGod]

The articles don't mention anything about arson, and isn't arson very easy to pick up on?