THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, January 12, 1997              TAG: 9701100004
SECTION: COMMENTARY              PAGE: J4   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                            LENGTH:   14 lines

ALARMED BY RECENT VIRGINIA BEACH FIRE

Regarding the apartment fire in Virginia Beach, who is really to blame for the extent of the fire? Where were the firewalls?

How many more buildings in Virginia Beach are built like the wreckage in the picture?

JON ADAMS

Suffolk, Jan. 2, 1997