By the comments made by the person being interviewed, it sounds like this was also a case of arson?
Rees said he was having a nap in his room on the second-storey on Sunday afternoon when he heard someone walk up the stairs and say, “set fire to the place”.
“All of a sudden, smoke came billowing over my door,” Rees said.
Definitely lucky, and just amazing it’s happened twice in such a short period of time.
It’s actually not amazing, given what they are.
Overseas SROs are often linked with fires, partly because they tend to be old hotels/motels with old wiring and have owners who don’t care much about safety, and I think partly because they attract crime.
Various cities have had to pass ordinances about them for this reason.