Massive fire destroys resort in Dominican Republic

[odanny]

I don't think thatched roofs, even if only decorative, are the best idea, for reasons like this. This was a nice resort, a Wyndham resort.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

I am positive they lacked the infrastructure to support fighting a fire of that size locally.
That's the problem with running a business in those locales. You can't bribe a fire.

 

[1srelluc]

Thatch roofs burn....Who would have thought right?

 

[Doc7505]

Thatch roofs burn....Who would have thought right?

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Thatched roofs had been largely illegal in the City of London since 1212 following an earlier devastating fire, so most homes within the city had clay tile roofs thereafter.