Fire at Suite Sixteen Last Night
We’ve just received word that there was a fire at the 32-unit Suite Sixteen condos at 198 16th Street in the South Slope in the wee hours of this morning at around 11:30 last night. Here’s the eyewitness account from a neighbor’s email.: There is currently a small fire at Suite Sixteen burning, the Fire…

We’ve just received word that there was a fire at the 32-unit Suite Sixteen condos at 198 16th Street in the South Slope in the wee hours of this morning at around 11:30 last night. Here’s the eyewitness account from a neighbor’s email.:
There is currently a small fire at Suite Sixteen burning, the Fire department is on scene breaking open most of the condos on the street level within the building to gain access. In addition they are currently hosing down one of the apartments where there is a large amount of smoke visible. Over the last few days one of the condos on the ground floor had furniture moved in and shades put up. The smoke is most obvious in this one. I asked one of the fireman what was going on and he said something about a heater overheating, this is obviously not the final word as they are still hosing stuff off.
Any other eyewitness accounts? Photos?
Update: Here’s the scoop. A plumber was apparently doing work on Apartment 1C when his torch ignited some pieces of insulation in the wall. There was a lot of smoke and some water damage to 1C and the fire department had to break through to 1B. There were also some windows broken on the second floor. No one hurt.
Another Update: Photos, including the one above, can be found here.
I can’t believe there even WAS insulation in the walls!
Dunno. If I were looking at a place here I would feel more comfortable knowing that it was human error rather than mechanical. In fact, I did look at a place here over the summer. For new construction it wasn’t that bad, but I didn’t like the windows.
“his torch ignited some pieces of insulation in the wall. ”
Is insulation usually flammable? Yikes!
Gee, what happened to the days of DOB regulations such as permissible work hours of 7:00AM-6:00PM?
Aw heck, who’s going to know?
Now, that’s a dedicated plumber.
“A plumber was apparently doing work on Apartment 1C”
Mr. B, doing work at 4:00 AM?
And isn’t there one called the “Liberty” on 22nd Street in Greenwood Heights?
I was at a housing subdivision down South once that was called Chardonnay. Seriously.
Anybody know if the developer is?