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Mike 03

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5. Haven't these fires become somewhat common?

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 03:51 PM

May 2020

Dubai has had a couple. They throw these buildings up in a hurry, as beautiful as they are.

EDIT: Wow, it's a huge fire. At night. Did they have time to evacuate people?

EDIT: FYI, it's five minutes to midnight in Sharjah. Awful time for a fire like this...

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Breaking: Massive fire at the Abbco Tower in Sharjah, UAE. The residential skyscraper is 48 stories [View all] Celerity May 2020 OP

Jeez ... Delphinus May 2020 #1

Does trump or jared have a stake in that building? They need that insurance money. BamaRefugee May 2020 #2

Texting my contacts in UAE. Not far from their apartment JCMach1 May 2020 #3

My first thought: Alcoa panels? NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #4

see this Celerity May 2020 #7

Haven't these fires become somewhat common? Mike 03 May 2020 #5

Call for owners, developers to assess fire risk on older UAE buildings (2017) Celerity May 2020 #6

Wow, thank you for posting this. Mike 03 May 2020 #10

yes, Grenfell had shite aluminium filled with a polyethylene core Celerity May 2020 #12

That was a terrible tragedy. NT Mike 03 May 2020 #13

yes, I grew up in South Kensington, around 3 miles away (10 minutes on the tube) from Grenfell Celerity May 2020 #15

I'm an Alcoa shareholder, but I don't mind talking about this. mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #14

No regulation or strict building codes, just what the orange one wants for us. redstatebluegirl May 2020 #16

Fire may be out: Twitter Mike 03 May 2020 #8

thanks for the updates Celerity May 2020 #11

Wow, that is a huge fire Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #9

Vibes. applegrove May 2020 #17

Wouldn't some built in fire suppression put the fire out? Seems like a Trump Tower fire uponit7771 May 2020 #18