There could of course be two very political reasons for the fire that is not much talked
of.
1.  The fire as the work of a political Racist group.  The tenants are obviously mostly
     muslims and thus a target. An act of retribution.
2.  The work of developers.  It would seem too far to fathom, but this building being
    left in poor despair could be a willful act.  This is prime real estate.  This, as a reason 
   was written about in the NYTimes. 
Whatever, the horrors of this fire are hard to even comprehend.