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by throwup238 208 days ago
I think the Ghost Ship fire [1] was the final nail in that coffin.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Ship_warehouse_fire

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In retrospect, these fatalities were preventable. Safety codes are written in blood.

Ghost Ship burnt a few years after I'd left California; what surprised me most was that it still existed into 2016!

I never saw their specific electrical infrastructure, but it's absolutely surprising that more structure fires aren't sparking up daily (everywhere). My recommendation (as a former IBEW electrician) to DIY sparkies is if you can't afford a thermal camera to verify your own inexperienced handywork then you can't afford to be doing your own electrical work [yes especially YOU Mister E.E.].