UPDATE: Hadley Mall Fire Final Report

It's been over a month since the disastrous "Wrath of Allah" fire destroyed the Rt 9 Hadley Mall.

Media silence? Although all the facts are in, NO followups about the investigation or cause of the fire have been released, and the media is doing everything it can to make people "believe" it started in the laundromat.

Focus on the Laundromat - Pay No Attention to the well financed single Muslim men who operate the Halal Market at the center of the complex where the fire apparently began, assisted by cartons of quick-lighting long-burning charcoal.

The Police and Fire Investigators have only told the media that they are "focusing" on the area of the laundromat and hoping to hear from someone who might have seen the fire began there - although none of the laundromat patrons reported anything suspicious...

Focus on the Laundromat!
Focus on the Laundromat!

Sultan Quick-Starting Long-Lasting Charcoals may have contributed to Hadley Mall Fire

Casablanca Halal Market, owned by Easthampton entrepreneurs Hassan Oulbeid and Mohamed Keffas, appears to have been stockpiling an unknown quantity of Sultan Quick-Starting and Long-Lasting Charcoals.

Accelerants - Casablanca' Halal Market's Facebook page proudly features stacks of this Quick-Lighting Long-Burning charcoal to be used with the pipes and other flammable tobacco products sold there.

Insurance and Risk Assessment - Rt 9 Hadley Fire Disaster Victims learn from Hassan and Brahim Oulbeid

None of the victims of the horrendous fire that destroyed the mall in Hadley last Sunday will ever be the same again, and their customers can only hope that most will recover sufficiently to continue. 

Even those with insurance will find that no amount of money could compensate them for even the memory of their horrible loss.

One would hardly guess from the modest "front" of the Casablanca Halal Market they they take in almost a million dollars in revenue by importing items from Morocco that Muslims need.  Oubleid and Keffas have maximized their revenue by also providing taxi and delivery services for their products to customers as far away as Boston or NY.

Preliminary Fire Investigation - Rt 9 Hadley - 206 Russell St. 01035

The fire was called in at 7:41 PM on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013
Flames were sighted at 206 Russell St. (Rt 9)
Within minutes they had torn through the Casablanca Halal Market and soon destroyed the entire building.

The two most important elements in a fire or arson investigation are (1) the source of the ignition and (2) the fuel which then maintains and feeds the fire.

No official reports have yet been released - determining the location of the ignition is the first step in finding its source.

The Quick Lighting Long Burning Charcoals stacked on the shelves of Casablanca Halal Market might be considered accelerants.  Investigators are trying to determine if they were properly licensed to stockpile and distribute such flammable tobacco products and pipes. 

Dogs sniff for accelerants at Casablanca Halal Market for signs of arson in massive fire that destroyed a Hadley mall

Local media has reported that investigators have used trained dogs to sniff for accelerants at the scene of the suspicious fire that destroyed a Hadley mall on Russell St (Rt 9).

Investigators have not released details on whether the dog found any accelerants other than the quick-lighting long-burning charcoals warehoused at Casablanca Halal Market.