Fremont – Following the fatal fire in Fremont’s apartment, which killed two people and injured two others, a moved resident draws the owner.
Haolin Zhang, a resident of the fourth floor of the Waterstone apartments, would have been trapped on the balcony of his home with his dog and had to be rescued by emergency stakeholders on April 6, according to a trial filed on Tuesday before the Superior Court of Alameda.
The fire, which broke out in a neighboring apartment before 3 am, killed two women – Charlotte Holguin, resident of Manteca, 54, and Lori Long, 62, from Fremont.
Eye witnesses saw the two women swing from a balcony of the fourth floor, then drop to their death before the firefighters could obtain a 35 -foot soil ladder. Zhang alleges that the management of the apartment should be held responsible for injuries and other damage suffered by the dozens of residents of the 30 units building, some of whom are unable to return.
Two other people were injured in the building in the building at 3939 Bidwell Drive, officials said. The authorities said that the obstruction in the parking lot inhibits firefighters’ ability to use an air -scale truck. The fire was considered under control around 3:40
In court documents, Zhang’s lawyer, Paul Starita, alleges that the Waterstone apartments building “was not kept in reasonably safe condition. The dangerous condition was a clearly visible, dangerous and dangerous state on property. ”
The owners of the apartments “have not properly implemented their risk management and prevention policies and their security procedures”, in the Zhang building, wrote Starita.
The Waterstone apartments, held by MV-PEPT apartments and managed by Pinnacle Property Management Services, did not immediately respond to a comment request on Thursday.
Starita said in an interview that he was particularly concerned about the exposure of his clients to particles, who could contain carcinogens during the fire. He added that it is still too early to say the extent of possible damage to Zhang’s health.
“When you inspire this and it enters your lungs, it’s not like you eat it. There is no room for this thing to go. There are known carcinogens that you are inhaling,” said Starita.
Starita has also said that her client and other neighbors may feel symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder because they heard fire cries and alarms just before the two women in the neighboring apartment drop four floors to death.
“It’s a fire. People are deadly afraid of fire. The thought of being burned alive, I cannot think of a more horrible death,” said Starita. “It impacts it, and I think it will have an impact on everyone in this building. Whether they realize it at the start or not, they will face this for a while, and perhaps forever.”
Zhang requests a trial before jury and continues the Application Company for “loss of use and enjoyment, the loss of depreciation of profits and the capacity of gain, the past, the present and the future”, the loss of personal goods caused by the fire and other damages, according to the prosecution.
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