| Author | Message | ||
| Foofighter Registered user Username: Foofighter Post Number: 53 Registered: 7-2005 |
Don't know if others have heard this yet, but the Conference Office building in Spokane had a serious fire today. As of a couple of hours ago, they were saying that at least half of it had burned, possibly more before it is over. It seems to have started in the bookstore area. No one was hurt or injured. It started about 5:am. You can google this and read more about it. Maybe updated by now. | ||
| Helovesme2 Registered user Username: Helovesme2 Post Number: 1760 Registered: 8-2004  |
Hope no one was hurt! | ||
| Lrcrabtree Registered user Username: Lrcrabtree Post Number: 74 Registered: 1-2007  |
Being a retired fire chief / fire fighter I discovered some pictures of the fire. For anyone interested here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/designerbrent/sets/72157611751595181/ | ||
| Flyinglady Registered user Username: Flyinglady Post Number: 6201 Registered: 3-2004  |
Thanks Larry. I am so glad no one was in there to get hurt. Diana | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 9198 Registered: 12-2003  |
Wow! Thanks for the flickr link Larry. Huge fire--I'm glad no one was hurt. Colleen | ||
| Lifeanew Registered user Username: Lifeanew Post Number: 183 Registered: 10-2007 |
Some good friends of our drove by the fire on the way to church this morning. We could see the smoke in the distance from our place. Jan | ||
| Lifeanew Registered user Username: Lifeanew Post Number: 184 Registered: 10-2007 |
Here is more on the Fire. http://adventistreview.org/article.php?id=2303 LcrCrabtree, I'm concerned about a fire hydrant being 3000 ft. from a building, isn't that against code? | ||
| Lrcrabtree Registered user Username: Lrcrabtree Post Number: 75 Registered: 1-2007 |
Jan, I imagine that in this geographical location (it appears to be a rather rural area?) there is no code requirement regarding the placement of fire hydrants from buildings, or vice versa, as the case may be. In any case, a single fire hydrant would most likely not supply sufficient water for a fire in a building of this size. Once a building of this size is well involved in fire the 'fire load' is so great that it takes a steady volume of water to fight the energy released by the stuff that is burning. Without knowing the size of the building or the specific contents I can only guess, but I would guess that somewhere in excess of 1,500 gallons per minute would be required, and most hydrants in rural areas supply less than 1/2 of that volume - sufficient for a small fire or a house fire, but not nearly enough for a commercial building of common construction. Building sprinklers are the least expensive and most reliable way to go, and I am wondering why the church didn't have this building sprinklered, considering the value of the contents, some of which cannot be replaced. Anyway, lots of speculation, which I don't like to engage in. But the question of the apparent lack of a sprinkler system keeps nagging me. Larry | ||
| Benevento Registered user Username: Benevento Post Number: 260 Registered: 4-2005 |
The buildings were in the outskirts of Spokane and some distance from other buildings about 2 years ago when I stopped by there with my granddaughter, but I would have thought they would have been within the city limits. I would have never guessed there would not be overhead sprinklers!! Its surrounded by pine trees and can be very dry in summer. Peggy |
