CITY of LAUNCESTON HOUSE'S ROCHERLEA HOUSE FIRE: Coincidence or a pattern

Once An Accident, Twice A Coincidence, Three Times A Pattern

"Find the cause of your success and failures. Correlation is certainly not cause, and neither is coincidence.

My dogs paw a door they want opened. The door is only opened when I’m around and going where they want to go. An occasional correlation isn’t cause.

Some people find the real buyer in a meeting they were having with a non-buyer they thought was the buyer. That’s coincidence (luck). So is wearing a favorite outfit or rubbing a lucky coin.

All this may seem self-evident, but too many of us spend time focused on the wrong elements rather than true cause. The problem with cold calling, for example, is that if you find one buyer by accident or coincidence and get the appointment, you work more on that technique – which fails 99 percent of the time.

If you find a hundred dollar bill on the sidewalk, you may seek to find its owner or you may determine it’s your lucky day. But you’re not going to quit your profession and go in search of hundred dollar bills on the sidewalk to make your living.

Not if you’re sane."

© Alan Weiss 2017

In addition to the house fires there have apparently been

a number of cars torched on this property the question is

this the case?

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Multiple fires at council-owned property under investigation ... By Declan Durrant Updated October 15 2023

Police are investigating two structure fires which broke out on the same council-owned Rocherlea property on Saturday afternoon and evening, which has previously been victim to arson attacks.

A derelict house and shed were completely destroyed by the separate fires which occurred four hours apart on Russells Plains road on Saturday, October 14.

Tasmania Police confirmed the property was owned by the City of Launceston Council.

Tasmania Fire Service attended the first structure fire at the property about 4:50pm to find a shed had been completely destroyed by fire which had been "impinging on a house" on the property.

Crews brought the fire under control and left the site only to be called back about 9:55pm to find the house engulfed in flames.

A TFS spokesperson said the fire was then contained by firefighters to the house, "making sure it didn't spread" and let it destroy the building.

The matter has since been handed over to police and is being investigated.

"There is some unknown cause that police are following up to why [the fires] started," the spokesperson said.

A file image of 126-128 Russells Plains road, Rocherlea. Picture by Craig George

A Tasmania Police spokesperson said the fires were being investigated by the criminal investigation branch and forensic teams, and had not confirmed if they were lit deliberately.

Meanwhile, the council has been discussing a property previously target of an arson attack in June 2022.

That property on Russells Plains Road has since been approved for demolition in September this year.

During council discussions, documents were brought to table that stated residents had to deal with trespassers, wood hookers, illegal dumping and theft.

Launceston Council has been contacted for comment.

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Rocherlea house fire under investigation for arson ... June 6 2022

Arson event in Rocherlea under investigation by police

A deliberately lit fire in Rocherlea has been brought under control by the Tasmanian Fire Service.

A spokesperson for the TFS said the structure fire had been contained to one room, and there were no occupants in the house at the time of the blaze.

Two heavy pumpers and one heavy tanker attended the site, along with Tasmania Police.

The TFS spokesperson said police were investigating the fire but could not provide any further details at the time.

Investigations are on going.