Wellington Hostel Fire
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@canefan said in Wellington Hostel Fire:
@Hooroo said in Wellington Hostel Fire:
Awful news.
We had a Ferner that lived there and I’m not sure if he still does.
Can anyone make contact with him if they know him??
His Feen name escapes me
Was it synicbast?
Yes it was. Thanks.
@SynicBast are you about and safe??
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@Hooroo said in Wellington Hostel Fire:
@canefan said in Wellington Hostel Fire:
@Hooroo said in Wellington Hostel Fire:
Awful news.
We had a Ferner that lived there and I’m not sure if he still does.
Can anyone make contact with him if they know him??
His Feen name escapes me
Was it synicbast?
Yes it was. Thanks.
@SynicBast are you about and safe??
Was he the guy who had a daughter in France? If so I hope he's there.....
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Pretty surreal news to wake up to, I know the area really well, I drive to or through there multiple times a week. They’re recommending everyone heading to the central city ( as I will be at some stage today ) wear masks due to asbestos risks.
Being stuck in a fire sounds like the absolute worst way to go. Devastating to think what those poor souls went through.
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I used to live about 100m from there so used to see a few of the regulars wandering out when I waited for a bus. There's one guy that plenty of CBD peeps would recognise, so I hope he made it through.
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@Smudge said in Wellington Hostel Fire:
I used to live about 100m from there so used to see a few of the regulars wandering out when I waited for a bus. There's one guy that plenty of CBD peeps would recognise, so I hope he made it through.
Yeah Wellington has more than its fair share of “interesting” characters to say the least. Some are great value, others should arguably be locked up.
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Tragic news. I really hope this wasn't done on purpose.
They are reporting massive amounts of asbestos in the air and are asking everyone in the CBD to wear masks today.
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Man arrested for arson now. That's actually really evil. Far out.
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@No-Quarter Almost everyone likes a good fire and I get for a few that goes beyond simply the warmth and comfort of a blazing log, but what sort of sicko deliberately lights a fire in a hostel, at night, when people will be sleeping, when it's obvious the building doesn't have state of the art fire suppression?
At the very least there has to be multiple manslaughter charges, but given the definition 'Manslaughter generally refers to accidental homicide arising from an unlawful act or failure to act, where death could not reasonably be expected." it sounds more like murder to me.
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@dogmeat said in Wellington Hostel Fire:
but what sort of sicko deliberately lights a fire
Could be recklessness or even deliberate lack of care to the outcome but somehow given the circumstances and some 'clientele' it wouldn't surprise me if might be someone mentally ill or someone with impaired judgement (ie not understanding consequences of actions)
Doesn't excuse the actions but is a reason why Risk mitigations and safeguards are meant to be in place. There are people in our community like that and we can't rely on them acting as we expect 'normal' people to.
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@Crucial said in Wellington Hostel Fire:
@dogmeat said in Wellington Hostel Fire:
but what sort of sicko deliberately lights a fire
Could be recklessness or even deliberate lack of care to the outcome but somehow given the circumstances and some 'clientele' it wouldn't surprise me if might be someone mentally ill or someone with impaired judgement (ie not understanding consequences of actions)
Doesn't excuse the actions but is a reason why Risk mitigations and safeguards are meant to be in place. There are people in our community like that and we can't rely on them acting as we expect 'normal' people to.
Wellington is full of aggressive, smelly deros asking for money and being disorderly in the central city. Wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if one of them got pissed off and lit a fire without thinking of the consequences
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Fuck it. @SynicBast appears to be one of the missing
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@Hooroo said in Wellington Hostel Fire:
Fuck it. @SynicBast appears to be one of the missing
Shit.
Can't 'like' that one.
