Molly Koon filed this report with NY1:

What the fire left standing, demolition crews brought down. The old
Greenpoint Terminal Market was reduced to a smoldering shell as fire
fighters doused it with water to stamp out the last stubborn flames.
The FDNY says it will be a long operation.

"We still have a lot of free standing walls, a lot of debris that’s
buried, a lot of unstable conditions," said FDNY Chief Edward Killduff.
"We’re going to move very slowly."

The slow demolition process will also slow down the investigation into what or who set the buildings ablaze.

"We have to work our way down Noble Street clearing debris,
clearing off the buildings. When we get down to the scene of the fire,
we’ll probably have to demolish most of that building before they have
access to the actual scene of the fire," said Killduff.

Meanwhile, the community’s anger over the loss of the historic building is red hot.

"It was a tragic loss for Greenpoint," said Ward Dennis of the
Waterfront Preservation Alliance. "This building has been a major
factor in the history of Greenpoint throughout the 20th century."

Before the building went up like matchsticks Tuesday, many in the
community wanted it to get landmark status to retain its late 19th
century historic integrity.

But owner Joshua Guttman had permits to demolish parts of the
structure and had put in applications to destroy the rest– all to make
way for residential and commercial development.
His attorney, Joseph Kosofsky, tells NY1 that his client had the
appropriate permits and were in the process of building the new
development.

This isn’t the first time one of Guttman’s buildings went up in
flames. A property of his on Water Street that he wanted to turn into
luxury housing burned down two years ago after the community board said
it wouldn’t approve the plan. Fire investigators never determined a
cause.

Fire investigators say the flames spread so quickly in Tuesday’s
fire because of all the flammable materials inside, but they would not
confirm reports that they found accelerant had been used in several
spots to get the fire going so intensely.

Guttman’s attorney disputes that his client had anything to do with
the 10-alarm fire, saying, "this doesn’t help us. This hurts us."

– Molly Kroon