Boston, 1986

i was the supervisor on duty on the day of the fire.it did not start with oil in the popcorn machine.this was a first impression that was never corrected in the media.it was an electrical fire that was first noticed in the area above the popcorn machine.i went for a fire extinguisher but the fire was spreading too fast across the ceiling so i dropped the extinguisher, called the fire departmentment and projectionista, and evacuated the theatre.because of a clause in the lease, the owners of the building were unable to sue the hoaglands, who were leasees, but they were allowed to sue employees of the hoaglands. for five years, i fought in court to vindicate myself from accusations of negligence and was finally successful.the orson welles fire was only one of several fires on that stretch of mass ave that began mysteriously and were never seriously investigated. that area was immediately redeveloped.

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