Television news last night showed Google Earth images of the venue time lapsed over several years. The back lot behind the warehouse had been accumulating an ever growing pile of refuse for years.
The most recent photos showed the lot fully covered in garbage many feet deep.
Whether this is relevant to the initiation of the blaze, I do not know. But I am sure it had a deleterious effect on suppression efforts.
I am waiting to hear news that the owner of the venue is behind bars.
