Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
Here's a picture of "90% contained."
(I'd always heard that BLACK smoke meant the fire was still burning freely; smoke with water being poured on a fire turns white)
BRKG Dubai Skyscraper Hotel Engulfed by Fire
Here's a picture of "90% contained."
(I'd always heard that BLACK smoke meant the fire was still burning freely; smoke with water being poured on a fire turns white)
JohnGaltfla
#NeverTrump
They forgot to make the apartments suicide vest preparation bomber proof.
Or there was an ISIS meeting and one of the rags forgot to deactivate their firebomb before the meeting began.
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
You're right, Mixin--LOOK AT THIS--NOW SPREADING UP A NEW SIDE OF THE BUILDING!!!
Holy ----!!!
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Countrymouse
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Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
There was just now some kind of explosion from the NEW fire area and it billowed out much larger and with a red glow:
Newscaster also reporting "Multiple explosions have been heard..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mq5hrUDoYo
Newscaster also reporting "Multiple explosions have been heard..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mq5hrUDoYo
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Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
Lilbitsnana
On TB every waking moment
That is a big hotel, still lots more that can/will burn.
mzkitty
I give up.
Still going, eh?
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Update: At least 2 more explosions heard at downtown Dubai building fire - @dearsina on Periscope
https://www.periscope.tv/w/1LyxBpjmdgyGN
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Update: At least 2 more explosions heard at downtown Dubai building fire - @dearsina on Periscope
https://www.periscope.tv/w/1LyxBpjmdgyGN
They said you can see through the walls now.
The sprinklers didn't go off and the smoke detectors did not activate until the people were in the process of evacuating.
http://news.sky.com/watch-live
The sprinklers didn't go off and the smoke detectors did not activate until the people were in the process of evacuating.
http://news.sky.com/watch-live
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
The "really tall buiding" is the one from which the fireworks were being shot off (as well as from apparently other locations around the city square, timed to go off at certain intervals).
They are NOT at this moment showing the building on fire, but the last screenshot I got of it showed an ENTIRELY NEW ANGLE (they moved away from the side it started on, plus the NEW side where the fire was headed up toward the top) and last I saw were only showing a VERY HEALTHY AREA OF FIRE at the bottom FROM A NEW SIDE ANGLE of the building--don't know if they're trying to disguise the extent of the fire or not:
They are NOT at this moment showing the building on fire, but the last screenshot I got of it showed an ENTIRELY NEW ANGLE (they moved away from the side it started on, plus the NEW side where the fire was headed up toward the top) and last I saw were only showing a VERY HEALTHY AREA OF FIRE at the bottom FROM A NEW SIDE ANGLE of the building--don't know if they're trying to disguise the extent of the fire or not:
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Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
They are no longer showing the fire--once the fireworks were over, they went off. Reporter is trying to find a new good live link, but Dubai TV just keeps wanting to show New Years celebrations and NOT the fire.
Here's one she found--not the best quality but best I have that she could find:
Here's one she found--not the best quality but best I have that she could find:
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mzkitty
I give up.
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Editor's note: While Dubai officials report the fire at the downtown Address hotel is nearly contained, witnesses tell MSNBC that debris continues to fall from the building. Smoke was still billowing from the 63-story hotel as a large New Year's Eve fireworks display went on as scheduled at the nearby Burj Khalifa. Earlier, several explosions were heard from the building and Khaleej Times reports they could have come from a gas cylinder at a restaurant. Nothing has been confirmed and there hasn't been an official update on the status of the fire since the fireworks display. - Stephanie
Editor's note: While Dubai officials report the fire at the downtown Address hotel is nearly contained, witnesses tell MSNBC that debris continues to fall from the building. Smoke was still billowing from the 63-story hotel as a large New Year's Eve fireworks display went on as scheduled at the nearby Burj Khalifa. Earlier, several explosions were heard from the building and Khaleej Times reports they could have come from a gas cylinder at a restaurant. Nothing has been confirmed and there hasn't been an official update on the status of the fire since the fireworks display. - Stephanie
Still appears to be at least one small fire visible from the exterior of the building, before Fox 10 cut away to the Moscow fireworks,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mq5hrUDoYo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mq5hrUDoYo
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Earlier in the thread, Dubai authorities said while they don't think it was terrorist (and don't have a clue WHAT caused the fire) they will be investigating as if it WERE a terrorist attack...
Sounds like common sense to me these days.
Summerthyme (unlike our idiots who declare an event "not terrorism" before the last screams of Alla Snackbar have stopped echoing)
Wise Owl
Deceased
No jet fuel? (said with tongue in cheek)
bw
Fringe Ranger
Not likely to. Doesn't appear to involve central supports.
Looks like it went pretty fast up the side of the building. They wouldn't happened to have used some kind of plastic siding would they? I've seen a couple of smaller new buildings in town that have siding that looks just like brick or concrete. The stuff looks amazingly real.
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
It is shaped a bit like a finger...
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David Nettleton
Veteran Member
They have to be laced with bombs first. Perhaps it was laced with bombs with the eye witness reports of multiple explosions.
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Safetydude
Senior Member
Towering Inferno -- Not the Movie!
Waiting, waiting, waiting, what no collapse!! But how can we take down the other building blocks away without this one collapsing...
Shades of Towering Inferno! This building will not collapse nor has any other modern steel framed skyscraper including a 50+ story one in Brazil that was completely gutted by fire. BTW, all those plastics and polymers even-though flame-retardant plastics, they still can burn hot with as much if not more BTU loading than jet fuel and they create pool fires that also cling to surfaces depending upon burn temperatures. Hope no one was injured or killed (smoke from those kinds of fires is quickly lethal (MGM Grand Fire).
Waiting, waiting, waiting, what no collapse!! But how can we take down the other building blocks away without this one collapsing...
Shades of Towering Inferno! This building will not collapse nor has any other modern steel framed skyscraper including a 50+ story one in Brazil that was completely gutted by fire. BTW, all those plastics and polymers even-though flame-retardant plastics, they still can burn hot with as much if not more BTU loading than jet fuel and they create pool fires that also cling to surfaces depending upon burn temperatures. Hope no one was injured or killed (smoke from those kinds of fires is quickly lethal (MGM Grand Fire).
mzkitty
I give up.
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More: Dubai government says New Year's Eve fire at The Address hotel started at 9pm local time (12pm ET); cause is still under investigation - @DXBMediaOffice
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Dubai government says all persons injured in The Address hotel fire have been discharged except for 2: a pregnant woman and an elderly man 'who are safe and in good condition' - @DXBMediaOffice
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Reports of evacuation of the Palace Downtown Hotel, which is adjacent to the Address Hotel, due to falling debris - @AtiehS, @lolo2713
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Photo: Flames seen coming from at least 2 floors of The Address hotel in Dubai more than 22 hours after initial blaze - @carolinecng
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Photo: Fire appears to return to part of The Address hotel following New Year's Eve blaze - @mbesheer
More: Dubai government says New Year's Eve fire at The Address hotel started at 9pm local time (12pm ET); cause is still under investigation - @DXBMediaOffice
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Dubai government says all persons injured in The Address hotel fire have been discharged except for 2: a pregnant woman and an elderly man 'who are safe and in good condition' - @DXBMediaOffice
33m
Reports of evacuation of the Palace Downtown Hotel, which is adjacent to the Address Hotel, due to falling debris - @AtiehS, @lolo2713
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Photo: Flames seen coming from at least 2 floors of The Address hotel in Dubai more than 22 hours after initial blaze - @carolinecng
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Photo: Fire appears to return to part of The Address hotel following New Year's Eve blaze - @mbesheer
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pauldingbabe
The Great Cat
They have to make sure they get all the hot spots torn out and extinguished. Hot spots are a bitch.
mzkitty
I give up.
It's a wreck:
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Video: Dubai government releases video of fire damage at The Address hotel - @DXBMediaOffice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izCqK7FnYPs&feature=youtu.be
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Video: Dubai government releases video of fire damage at The Address hotel - @DXBMediaOffice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izCqK7FnYPs&feature=youtu.be
Right around the 37 second mark, you can see some trim that looks like melted plastic.
Goat turds mixed with white glue?
