Neighbour's 18 TVs Might Have Caused Hi-Rise Fire

A neighbour of the sixth-floor unit where a fire started at the Hotel Versailles on Tuesday claims the man who lives there is a nuisance who did strange things with the 18 TVs he owned that might have contributed to the blaze.

Ivette Valerio, who lives in unit No. 605, said the occupant of the apartment, where a blind man was treated for smoke inhalation, had 18 TVs that were all plugged into his electrical outlets. She said he used two TVs to prop the door open and would sometimes place TVs in the stairwell, obstructing the path.

Firefighters said the amount of clutter in the unit made it difficult for them to fight the fire.