A lot of conspiracy theories I see. The statement is being attributed to Jon Hanna, and has showed up in multiple places as an explanation for the fire.
"Jonathan had been providing a place to crash in his newly created lab/guest
house for two guests, who ended up getting into a couple of physical
altercations with Jonathan's neighbor. Clearly, Jonathan found this to be
unacceptable, and his guests' anger was then turned onto him. While he was
gone from the country, they burned his place down. Nearly all of his books
are now covered soot and have to be cleaned before packing up, but
thankfully only about 40-50 of them were charred and none were consumed. So
he's got a bunch of sad, dirty, tedious work ahead of him, packing
everything up into fruit crates, trucking it to Veracruz, shipping it by
container to Cartagena de Indias, then overland to Manizales, in the
Cordillera Central. Colombia as a spot to relocate likely has more to do
with the fact that he has a gig and a friend he can stay with there; but it
is also true that he was increasingly disenchanted with the area in Xalapa
where he lived."
This is truly a shame. It is a terrible scenario. However sometimes good things come out of unexpected events.
Never the less it is terrible losing ones belongings especially their hard work. Anyone who can should donate $ to show
support even a few bucks. It all adds up. This community needs to stick together.