After a while he left the area, leaving the building unoccupied and unprotected.

"I can't think of a single unoccupied building in the town."

In most such cases, a firefighter sets fire to vacant or at least unoccupied buildings.

Later in the morning, 11 protesters were arrested for blocking the street outside an unoccupied building.

While the unoccupied buildings of the town remain an attraction, they are not abandoned.

"It appears to be just random targets such as signs, and again an unoccupied building," he said.

And the longer this takes, they note, the more damage the unoccupied buildings on the island will sustain.

The unoccupied former building was damaged by fire in February 2007.

By July, the group began setting fire to unoccupied buildings.

In the next several years, the number of unoccupied buildings is expected to increase considerably.