Members of the North Brooklyn Allliance are calling for an independent investigation into what cause the big fire that tore through a warehouse a week ago. This from NY1

The fire has been labeled suspicious by the Fire Department. Now
members of the North Brooklyn Alliance, one of the groups behind the
redevelopment of Greenpoint, are calling for an independent
investigation into what caused the fire.

They also want the Environmental Protection Agency to monitor the clean-up of the site.

"It doesn’t matter what the cause of the fire was, whether it was
vandalism, was it poor storage of material, was it electrical? We need
to know the cause of this,” area resident Peter Gillespie said
Thursday. “We need to make sure this investigation is ongoing, we have
to make sure that it is not swept under the rug, and we need to make
sure that the community participates in this investigation and we’re at
the table every step of the way."

"Whether or not arson is the cause of this disaster, we have lost a
great deal, and we are asking as a unified coalition of Brooklyn groups
that the city step in and take the absolute necessary measures to
protect us and our families," said Dewey Thompson of the North Brooklyn
Alliance.

Residents also say they are concerned about what will ultimately go
up in place of the warehouse. The current plan is for residential and
commercial development on the site, while residents favor more open
space.