Many Parramore residents worry about the recent wave of building fires in their community. The fire fear is the most recent threat faced by longtime residents who are being forced out of the historically black community by city government, powerful developers and affluent white people eager to live close to downtown. Orlando Fire Department records show that between Jan. 1 and Feb. 15, 2020 – a six-week period – there were 33 structure fires in the city. Six of those structure fires were in Parramore. 536 W. Washington St. Parramore is only 1.25 square miles of the total 113 square miles in the city, yet that urban neighborhood was the scene of nearly 20 percent of the structure fires reported in Orlando during the first 6 weeks of this year. Building fires are relatively rare thanks to modern construction materials and practices. Parramore is a special case because many of its buildings are old and owned by absentee landlords – many of whom don’t properly m