https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/26388601/dubai-tower-goes-up-in-flames/
What would be fueling this fire? just doesn’t seem possible that the structure itself could be made from such flammable material.
bob(from black rock) said:
https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/26388601/dubai-tower-goes-up-in-flames/
What would be fueling this fire? just doesn’t seem possible that the structure itself could be made from such flammable material.
Well it was doomed in the beginning, when some bright spark thought it was a good idea to call it The Torch.
Another fire in a highrise nearby was started by a cigarette in a bin.
bob(from black rock) said:
What would be fueling this fire?
Carpets, curtains, furniture, books, televisions, stockpiles of bread a tuna… etc.
Did someone say residential?
party_pants said:
bob(from black rock) said:What would be fueling this fire?
Carpets, curtains, furniture, books, televisions, stockpiles of bread a tuna… etc.
But it looks like there is lots of liquid and/or gaseous fuel.
Speedy said:
Did someone say residential?Okay who’s been spying on me?
OCDC said:
Speedy said:Did someone say residential?Okay who’s been spying on me?http://www.hoarders.com/images/information_hoarding.jpg
You know that’s really dangerous? I had a pile of books fall on my sore toe….just after I took my boot off. You really have to watch how high you stack those things.
OCDC said:
Speedy said:Did someone say residential?Okay who’s been spying on me?http://www.hoarders.com/images/information_hoarding.jpg!
Are you actually owning up to owning some of those particular books?
buffy said:
OCDC said:None, AFAICT.Speedy said:Are you actually owning up to owning some of those particular books?Did someone say residential?Okay who’s been spying on me?http://www.hoarders.com/images/information_hoarding.jpg!
Good-oh!
The Wise and Foolish Builders
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
Sorry bout blank post.
Just wait till 9/11 conspiicy theoriests get thier teeth into this one.
wookiemeister said:
Uh-oh. What are the implications for someone like me who has bought a house built on sand?
The Wise and Foolish Builders24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
Michael V said:
wookiemeister said:Uh-oh. What are the implications for someone like me who has bought a house built on sand?
The Wise and Foolish Builders24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
wookiemeister said:
Michael V said:
wookiemeister said:Uh-oh. What are the implications for someone like me who has bought a house built on sand?
The Wise and Foolish Builders24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
well according to my book cast into the eternal damnation of the oblivion on the day of judgement
wookiemeister said:
Righty-oh. All good then.
Michael V said:
wookiemeister said:Uh-oh. What are the implications for someone like me who has bought a house built on sand?
The Wise and Foolish Builders24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
well according to my book cast into the eternal damnation of the oblivion on the day of judgement
“no reports of any casualties … No-one was injured in that incident”
Good on them, the designers and firefighters.
As for fire materials. Upholstery is the main fuel source. This is all made from petroleum products these days and is only slightly less energy-dense than pure petrol.