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.
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.