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Re: simpson bay resort fire
[Re: mahokid]
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08/13/2023 02:37 PM
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Re: simpson bay resort fire
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08/13/2023 06:18 PM
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Re: simpson bay resort fire
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08/14/2023 07:50 AM
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The video, showing a grill on fire!! Hope everyone got out safely!!
Sand Gravity, got to love it!
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Re: simpson bay resort fire
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08/14/2023 09:23 AM
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I guess that's a grill. Is it allowed to have grills on balconies at SBR?
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Re: simpson bay resort fire
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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08/14/2023 09:53 AM
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I guess that's a grill. Is it allowed to have grills on balconies at SBR? Probably not any more after that. If they weren't I imagine the occupants will be held liable for the damages.
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Re: simpson bay resort fire
[Re: boucharda]
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08/14/2023 11:28 AM
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OK, thanks boucharda. I kind of figured it was not allowed. No idea how this could have happened unless someone threw gasoline on it??
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Re: simpson bay resort fire
[Re: mahokid]
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08/14/2023 11:38 AM
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Purely speculating but that smoke doesn’t look like the typical charcoal briquette smoke we get when cooking dinner when camping. But if someone threw a can of charcoal lighter fluid on it…….. but no one would be that stupid. Would they?
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Re: simpson bay resort fire
[Re: mahokid]
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08/16/2023 07:22 AM
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Update
*SXM-News
"Firefighting operations were swiftly launched, with the Sint Maarten Fire Departments. Their efforts were successful in containing and ultimately extinguishing the blaze. Subsequently, a joint investigative team consisting of the forensic department of KPSM and fire personnel commenced an examination of the incident to determine the cause of the fire.
Preliminary findings from the ongoing investigation suggest that the fire was not a result of premeditated or intentional actions. Instead, the evidence points towards an electrical anomaly as the potential cause of the fire."
YCFS SXMSMISADB&POSMF L13SDD&ESAD
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Re: simpson bay resort fire
[Re: bdeeley]
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08/16/2023 07:58 AM
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Well, actually, that is good news, I guess. Good news, that someone was not stupid enough to have caused the fire deliberately, but kind of scary that SBR has such faulty wiring. Anyone know the last time that building was renovated?
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Re: simpson bay resort fire
[Re: Ackman]
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08/16/2023 09:50 AM
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Brian--PRE Irma or POST? I was thinking that SBR didn't have as much damage as other places from Irma, but it could be I don't remember correctly.
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Re: simpson bay resort fire
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08/18/2023 09:30 PM
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That was my reaction too.... Probably why there was the fire.
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Re: simpson bay resort fire
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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08/19/2023 09:48 AM
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I think her point is that NOPLACE in SXM is inspected, including your beloved Flamingo. Hard to say if they were or weren't.
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