Fire in San Francisco

irishmover

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/03/11/huge-fire-burn-san-francisco-building-under-construction-near-att-park/

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A massive fire was burning at a building under construction near AT&T Park in San Francisco Tuesday.

The blaze was reported at 4:56 p.m. at Fourth and China Basin streets in the city’s Mission Bay neighborhood, according to a fire dispatcher.

The fire was reported to be up to four alarms as of 5:30 p.m.

The fire was across the street from the Strata at Mission Bay apartments, according to a spokeswoman for Sares Regis, which manages that property.

Black smoke from the fire was billowing above the area and was widely seen around the Bay Area.

KPIX 5 photographer Joseph Cousins said the fire was spreading to more than one building.

Watching video footage of it. Looks monstrous and is relatively close to the Golden Gate Bridge.

The Backwards Man

And now the weather.

Sir Arthur Daley

The Backwards Man wrote: »

And now the weather.

Dry with clear skies in many areas. Turning cold overnight with a sharp frost developing, as temperatures fall to between +2 and -2 degrees. Mist and fog forming in many areas also as the night goes on. Thickening cloud in some southern areas could reduce the frost risk there later in the night.

kneemos

Definitely a job for Aqua Man.

Artful_Badger

irishmover wrote: »

Looks monstrous and is relatively close to the Golden Gate Bridge.

If it makes it across there'll be no stopping it. They'll have to blow up the bridge.

irishmover

For anyone that actually cares, it's gotten worse.

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-79593966/

Now a 6 alarm fire not 5 by the way and flames hitting over 12m high. Over 100 fire fighters trying to manage it now.

whirlpool

What the hell is a 4/5/6 alarm fire?

Artful_Badger

Can you expand on this system of classification by "alarms" OP ? I never heard of this before but I'm eager to figure out how to use it when talking about my stove...

Mint Sauce

Does anyone else know what a 4/5/6 Alarm fire is?

irishmover

whirlpool wrote: »

What the hell is a 4/5/6 alarm fire?

Category of response so how many companies/units etc will respond to it. Category 6 is ridiculously high.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-alarm_fire

Mint Sauce

irishmover wrote: »

Category of response so how many companies/units etc will respond to it. Category 6 is ridiculously high.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-alarm_fire

Your making this up OP. No mention of 6 Alarm fire in that link.

Artful_Badger

irishmover wrote: »

Category of response so how many companies/units etc will respond to it. Category 6 is ridiculously high.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-alarm_fire

Basically there's an army of fire-fighters at this thing.

whirlpool

irishmover wrote: »

Category of response so how many companies/units etc will respond to it. Category 6 is ridiculously high.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-alarm_fire

What companies respond to a fire?

Sir Arthur Daley

whirlpool wrote: »

What companies respond to a fire?

Rentokil

irishmover

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Your making this up OP. No mention of 6 Alarm fire in that link.

:rolleyes:

http://fox40.com/2014/03/11/five-alarm-fire-breaks-out-at-construction-site-near-att-park/

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Francisco-Firefighters-Battling-2-Alarm-Blaze-249651571.html#

CNN etc. all reporting as 6 alarm.

irishmover

whirlpool wrote: »

What companies respond to a fire?

That's what you pick up on? Sorry. Companies was the wrong word.

Cookie_Monster

They should shoot the fire, that's how they solve all their problems isn't it?
/murica

jescart

I like 5 alarm chilli

Sir Arthur Daley

Seems to be burning out of control.

stefan idiot jones

The Mission District is nowhere near the Golden Gate Bridge.

Fantastic burritos down the Mission.

It's a pity the fire isn't in the Castro Area.

irishmover

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

The Mission District is nowhere near the Golden Gate Bridge.

Fantastic burritos down the Mission.

It's a pity the fire isn't in the Castro Area.

Yeh I had a look and it isn't really that close to the bridge at all. Would take a hell of a fire to reach there.

whirlpool

irishmover wrote: »

That's what you pick up on? Sorry. Companies was the wrong word.

It was a genuine question. I didn't know what a six alarm fire was or why companies would respond to it. Made it hard to appreciate the story.

irishmover

whirlpool wrote: »

It was a genuine question. I didn't know what a six alarm fire was or why companies would respond to it. Made it hard to appreciate the story.

Yeh I should have said Station not company (not sure how I mixed those two up) so I assumed you picked up on that. Considering there was enough posts ridiculing the idea of a fairly horrendous fire I took it you were too. My bad!

irishmover

irishmover wrote: »

Yeh I had a look and it isn't really that close to the bridge at all. Would take a hell of a fire to reach there.

Actually I take that back it is very close to the bridge.

It's the AT&T park which is only blocks away from the bridge.

Lirange

irishmover wrote: »

Actually I take that back it is very close to the bridge.

It's the AT&T park which is only blocks away from the bridge.

That's the Bay Bridge not the GG.

irishmover

Lirange wrote: »

That's the Bay Bridge not the GG.

Spot on see that now.

stefan idiot jones

The fire is near the Bay Bridge which links up San Francisco and Oakland.

My name is URL

The ghost of Catherine O'Leary caused some poor soul to jump out of bed and douse himself in petrol.

irishmover

$227 million apartment project due to open later this year.

Expected to be completely destroyed. Reading that they're beginning to get it under control now. Not really sure how much it's spread though.

I suppose you'd wonder how it started and if an insurance claim might be a reason.

asteroth

Shouldn't the heat have melted the steel structure by now and the whole thing have fallen?

irishmover

asteroth wrote: »

Shouldn't the heat have melted the steel structure by now and the whole thing have fallen?

Yeh I read steel melted and portions of the structure collapsed.

sovereign121

Is it anywhere near Starfleet HQ and are the whales safe?

asteroth

irishmover wrote: »

Yeh I read steel melted and portions of the structure collapsed.

It hasn't just pancaked down as a result of the entire steel structure melting?

Damn!

I thought that's how steel structures fell down.



Is there sh1t on those girders to prevent them from liquifying?

Adamantium

asteroth wrote: »

Shouldn't the heat have melted the steel structure by now and the whole thing have fallen?

I see what you did there.

errlloyd

asteroth wrote: »

It hasn't just pancaked down as a result of the entire steel structure melting?

Damn!

I thought that's how steel structures fell down.



Is there sh1t on those girders to prevent them from liquifying?

If it does fall down in a minute will it prove that 911 wasn't an inside job?

kneemos

asteroth wrote: »

It hasn't just pancaked down as a result of the entire steel structure melting?

Damn!

I thought that's how steel structures fell down.



Is there sh1t on those girders to prevent them from liquifying?

Depends on the type of structure and how many supports collapse I'd imagine.

asteroth

WTF,

The thing is still standing!!!

Why the hell hasn't it fallen?


WTF!!!!

sovereign121

asteroth wrote: »

WTF,

The thing is still standing!!!

Why the hell hasn't it fallen?


WTF!!!!

What's still standing where now? What's going on? What did I miss?

stefan idiot jones

The fire is near the Bay Bridge which links up San Francisco and Oakland.

asteroth

Fuck this, steel structures should have fallen down by now.

I'm off to another channel <click>

Oh look, the NSA have actually snooped on the government.

Quelle horreur, Ms Feinstein?

kneemos

asteroth wrote: »

Fuck this, steel structures should have fallen down by now.

I'm off to another channel <click>

Oh look, the NSA have actually snooped on the government.

Quelle horreur, Ms Feinstein?

You're trying too hard.Less is more.

asteroth

The building is still up.
What a designer!

New York engineers should have studied their trade in San Fran!

minidazzler

asteroth wrote: »

The building is still up.
What a designer!

New York engineers should have studied their trade in San Fran!

You're seriously sh1t at this. One post was a funny observation. Now it's just desperate.

Did people really not understand the term 5 alarm fire? Maybe I watch a lot of American Television, but I'd considered it a term in common parlance.

whirlpool

minidazzler wrote: »

You're seriously sh1t at this. One post was a funny observation. Now it's just desperate.

Did people really not understand the term 5 alarm fire? Maybe I watch a lot of American Television, but I'd considered it a term in common parlance.

"Common parlance" isn't even common parlance.

And no, nobody knows wtf five six and seven alarms have to do with a fire.

metaoblivia

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

It's a pity the fire isn't in the Castro Area.

Why do you say that?

stefan idiot jones

metaoblivia wrote: »

Why do you say that?

The strip if full of pretentious snobs.

A lot of the community don't appreciate the gaudiness of it. Tacky.

Arthur Beesley

This thread shows why 'social media' has no place in news reporting.

Mint Aero

Seriously? Most uninteresting news story of the week.

MS.ing

The Backwards Man wrote: »

And now the weather.

rain?





*hope and interest based on my san fran apartment near the bridge*

sovereign121

Yawn..... morning everyone

kneemos

sovereign121 wrote: »

Yawn..... morning everyone

FIRE!!! Wake up.