Leah Cerilli
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UIP Property Management
AVOID AT ALL COSTS. There was a fatal fire at Capitol Park Tower in the early morning of February 22, 2022. Emergency exit signs were not illuminated and/ or were broken. Our in-unit smoke alarms did not go off. Numerous residents were woken up to smoke filling their units an hour after firefighters responded because their in-unit smoke alarms did not go off, and the fire alarms in the hallways are bells, and are not loud enough for residents to hear in their bedrooms while they are sleeping.
Residents who were able to escape the building had a difficult time doing so, because by the time so many of us were alerted to the fire the smoke was so bad, the hallways were black and filled with smoke an we could not see where the exits were. We had to feel around and hope we were heading towards an exit, since they were not illuminated. Other residents were forced to stay inside their units for hours breathing in smoke as firefighters put out the fire, fearing for their lives.
There are also multiple expired fire extinguishers in the hallways, and fire extinguishers not labeled at all. Soot and burn marks cover the walls even almost A MONTH after the fire. Residents have been living on that floor breathing that in. The entire building still smells like fire and soot, and it is visible in our vents which have not been cleaned. We are all still breathing soot and God knows what else in. There is also severe water damage in units and in the basement from firefighters that has not been fixed. This was also our third fire (that I know of) in two months. This building is not safe and UIP does not care that two of their tenants died in this building. They have already posted new units for rent on the floor of the fire despite the damage.
Residents who were able to escape the building had a difficult time doing so, because by the time so many of us were alerted to the fire the smoke was so bad, the hallways were black and filled with smoke an we could not see where the exits were. We had to feel around and hope we were heading towards an exit, since they were not illuminated. Other residents were forced to stay inside their units for hours breathing in smoke as firefighters put out the fire, fearing for their lives.
There are also multiple expired fire extinguishers in the hallways, and fire extinguishers not labeled at all. Soot and burn marks cover the walls even almost A MONTH after the fire. Residents have been living on that floor breathing that in. The entire building still smells like fire and soot, and it is visible in our vents which have not been cleaned. We are all still breathing soot and God knows what else in. There is also severe water damage in units and in the basement from firefighters that has not been fixed. This was also our third fire (that I know of) in two months. This building is not safe and UIP does not care that two of their tenants died in this building. They have already posted new units for rent on the floor of the fire despite the damage.