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In reply to the discussion: Fire breaks out in Dubai skyscraper [View all]Warpy
(111,559 posts)130. It's also a cautionary one for anyone who gets a job there for a few years
to build a nest egg: check out the accommodations for things like flammable balconies and trim outside the building that can go up like a Roman candle, which is what this place did. The original fire was on a lower floor and it roared up one corner. Now the whole building seems to be out but toasted and still smoking.
The fireworks were elsewhere and went on as scheduled, the videos showing the hotel producing heavy smoke in the foreground.
So far, no fatalities, although one guest had a heart attack. The stairwells on the opposite side of the building were a sound evacuation route.
It's pretty obvious that if they do have sprinklers, they're not connected to anything until there is a fire and the fire department shows up.
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Do you realize how utterly callous and woefully misinformed that comment looks? nt
greyl
Dec 2015
#6
Actually, after the towers were built, they learned of several issues,
ChairmanAgnostic
Dec 2015
#16
Unfortunate. But the first step to solving a problem is admitting you have a problem.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2015
#36
I'm convinced you know not what you are doing when you perpetuate that bullshit.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2015
#49
The rubble pile was hot enough to melt all the aluminum that the WTC was clad with.
hack89
Dec 2015
#74
I believe thermite and other incindiaries brought down building 7 and also the towers on 911!
wildbilln864
Dec 2015
#78
It won't collapse because the sprinklers worked, fire doors and baffles worked, and the fire never
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2015
#39
Aircraft crash into clouds every single day, but we don't see cloud collapse on their footprint
PersonNumber503602
Dec 2015
#42
It burned extensively for hours. The structure was observed buckling under its own weight long
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2015
#54
i am sure the collapse of 1 & 2 sent shock waves we CAN'T SEE. oooooh, it was GHOSTS!
pansypoo53219
Dec 2015
#64
Less than three thousand engineers. In a nation that mints over 30,000 new engineers every year from
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2016
#146
exactly right, both water mains were out & they had to let 7 burn & a good call to pull out firemen.
Sunlei
Dec 2015
#113
It wasn't a 'big' fire. It was a surface fire. Basically burned the insulation off the building.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2016
#147
I've never seen a skyscraper go up in flames like that. In the west there are so many safety
underahedgerow
Dec 2015
#19
Codes on paper are one thing. Payoffs to inspectors and contractors are another. Dubai - who knows?
Ford_Prefect
Dec 2015
#25
Yep. And add to that the BBC reporting that WTC7 had collapsed while it was still standing
GoneFishin
Dec 2015
#105