Well, the Lavenir FL lawsuit in another thread (in the complaint you found and posted here) would argue that Airbnb is responsible if it was an Airbnb short-term rental. One article says it was a short term rental ‘or Airbnbs’ suggesting that they’re using the term generically. But the Mayor has a planned meeting with Airbnb.
There’s a few other articles on this incident. See the last link below, which shows that some interior apartments had no windows. The article said that the alarm system was replaced in 2019, had recently been tested and was working. [BTW, Proper requires us to test the smoke alarm system with each turnover, which we do.]
See: Toronto, Canada and Global Breaking News – CP24
In my opinion municipalities AND platforms like Airbnb should be more proactive and cooperative in making sure that listings are legal and safe.
In the complaint from the FL case that you posted here the plaintiff (p 15) alleges duties of Airbnb that would be applicable here.
Interesting fact: “It took 130 firefighters nearly four hours to get the fire under control.” It took a day to put it out completely.
The cause of the fire still has not been determined. An arson squad is investigating.
This is a good article on it.