Detroit News: Less of Detroit is burning

**oo7plyr** · February-07-19, 12:45 PM

According to The News: The average number of structure fires annually in the city has declined by 42 percent since 2014. Link.

**JonWylie** · February-07-19, 01:57 PM

I've already seen the joke "Well there's nothing left to burn harharhar" a few times, but I have to think this is linked to demolition programs getting rid of abandoned homes that are easy targets to burn. Hopefully, the broken windows theory works here for burned homes.

**EGrant** · February-07-19, 02:18 PM

The part about how fires are classified is interesting. I think we saw the same "creative" math with the violent crime statistics.

**O3H** · February-07-19, 04:06 PM

Do you need to pull an asbestos permit before it gets torched ?

The average cost of demolition, including asbestos abatement, for 6,152 Detroit houses torn down under Hardest Hit funding between March 18, 2014 and Oct. 5, 2015 was $13,870, according to a list of contracts provided by the Detroit Land Bank.