While I was inhaling fibreglass dust and resin fumes last night at Callaloo Company HQ, Francomenz was blogging about the fire that destroyed ten buildings in downtown Port of Spain yesterday, which, she reminded us, was “the capital’s second major blaze in less than a year”.
Which made me check the date of CFR #14, the soundseeing tour of Port of Spain I did with architect Mark Franco shortly after the previous fire (and which remains one of my favourite shows ever): indeed, it was May 4, 2005.
So Attillah’s math is a tad off this morning (she’s asking “how can there be two fires on the same street in less than six months?”) but she raises some interesting points. “In addition to the politicians, we apparently have pyromaniacs on the loose,” says Attillah, “Or could it be some business owners practicing fire-nomics . . .”
Might be time for another trip downtown . . . .
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