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originally posted by: DerBeobachter
Sixteen injured, a man with a heartattack, building is not burning anymore, and, guess what, the building didn´t collapse.
So, what else do you want people to talk about, if not about the only skyscrapers in the world that ever collapsed because of a fire?
The morning after and smoke is still pouring from Dubai's Address Hotel.
Our correspondent at the scene, Louisa Loveluck, and photographer Geoff Pugh say there is debris from the fire scattered up to half a mile away.
Smoke and even the occasional flame continues to bellow out of the building, even as tourists line up on nearby streets to take "selfies" with the burned skyscraper and fire engines in the background.
originally posted by: zazzafrazz
a reply to: Ddrneville
That is going to burn for days.
Recently lost a house to a fire and the firefighters stayed for hours afterwards just pouring gallons of water on to it as they said it reignites and just keeps burning. The conditions are like a furnace in there so there are materials that will just self ignite.
Does anyone know if the sprinkler system was working in the hotel?
originally posted by: nerbot
a reply to: OtherSideOfTheCoin
C'mon, you know it's going to collapse.
originally posted by: intrptr
What I want to know is what the so flammable construction materials they used in that building. What were those brightly burning chunks of material that kept kicking out the windows, sailing around and burning like magnesium flares?
originally posted by: JuJuBee
Was there any STRUCTURAL damage, caused by the fire?
originally posted by: zazzafrazz
a reply to: ISawItFirst
So it was balcony furniture fire?
originally posted by: ISawItFirst
originally posted by: JuJuBee
Was there any STRUCTURAL damage, caused by the fire?
It appears not, but I am neither a structural engineer, or on site inspecting the damage. It appears they more or less let the shell burn off, as they couldn't get equipment up past 20 or so floors, and as long as it didn't enter the structure, would only cause cosmetic damage.