We have a resident whose parents purchased a unit in our building for their adult son who has a developmental disability, to live independently. For the last few years, we've had no issues, but last weekend, the parents apparently bought the young man a car and he decided he didn't like the 'new car smell' and lit 2 sticks of incense and placed inside the car and went back to his apartment.

Residents, seeing smoke pouring from the unoccupied and parked vehicle- a vehicle that many had never seen before- panicked and called 911 as they thought the car was on fire.

Firefighters, police and EMS arrived on the scene and actually evacuated one of our buildings that was in close proximity to where the car was parked. We later learned that young man with the developmental disability was the owner of the car and had placed the incense in the car.

I feel that his parents (the shareholders) should be made aware of what happened, in light of the fact that the building was evacuated because of this incident. My concern is that if he would place a burning object inside a vehicle and walk away, he might do the same inside his apartment.

I don't want to overreact, but am curious to know if anyone has had a similar situation. And what happens if someone who is disabled who was once deemed "okay to live independently," is showing signs that they are not capable of living alone independently and how do you deal with that without violating the ADA?