re: #290 Backwoods_Sleuth

Much as I love what The Ghost Ship looked like before the fire, all I could feel while looking at the photos was anger.
Anger at the man who owned the warehouse and couldn’t be bothered to consider fire safety measures. There were no sprinklers, no smoke detectors, no clear exits (the makeshift stairwell to the second floor was built using pallets).
So much loss for no good reason.

I agree Sleuth. But one thing I will point out in my own experience is sometimes the building owner might not be completely aware of what is going on in the building. I knew of several instances of someone put in charge of watching some unoccupied structures for an absentee landlord renting them out without knowledge of the owner. And other such “arrangements.”