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> Edit: Wait, my bad, there isn't an identified link between these specific wildfires and yesterday's fireworks. That was just my own (biased) assumption. They

> Edit: Wait, my bad, there isn't an identified link between these specific wildfires and yesterday's fireworks. That was just my own (biased) assumption. They certainly did start the 2017 fire in the Columbia River Gorge though: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/22/613374984/judge-orders-boy-who-started-oregon-wildfire-to-pay-36-million-in-restitution https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/22/613374984... Fireworks are now banned in Portland after an apartment building burned down due to a dumpster fire started by fireworks, which killed two people in 2021: https://www.opb.org/article/2021/07/08/northeast-portland-apartment-fire-fireworks-deaths/ https://www.opb.org/article/2021/07/08/northeast-portland-ap... Personal fireworks are idiotic and people who light then off should be ashamed of themselves, it is like driving drunk, they all think they're safe and they can handle it.

voxadam 3y ago
> killed two people in 2021 A third died in the burn center 102 days after the fire.[0] I have multiple friends who lived in the Heidi Manor Apartments over the years. I saw the fire from 15 ft away standing on the sidewalk across the street from the building, it was horrifying. That building was a tinderbox and those walkways didn't have nearly enough staircases to be safe, it was a disaster waiting to happen. I absolutely agree that personal fireworks are insane and should be outlawed entirely. [0] https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/04/deadly-portland-apartment-fire-leads-to-more-than-6-million-in-settlement-pay-for-wrongful-death-injury-claims-so-far.html https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/04/deadly-portland-apa...
- lamontcg 3y ago
  Any disaster like that is likely to be caused by fireworks finding the worst structure to burn down. Stochastic, destructive testing of building fire codes.

voxadam 3y ago

> killed two people in 2021 A third died in the burn center 102 days after the fire.[0] I have multiple friends who lived in the Heidi Manor Apartments over the years. I saw the fire from 15 ft away standing on the sidewalk across the street from the building, it was horrifying. That building was a tinderbox and those walkways didn't have nearly enough staircases to be safe, it was a disaster waiting to happen. I absolutely agree that personal fireworks are insane and should be outlawed entirely. [0] https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/04/deadly-portland-apartment-fire-leads-to-more-than-6-million-in-settlement-pay-for-wrongful-death-injury-claims-so-far.html https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/04/deadly-portland-apa...

lamontcg 3y ago
Any disaster like that is likely to be caused by fireworks finding the worst structure to burn down. Stochastic, destructive testing of building fire codes.