Fire at Shangri-La!!!

towerguy3 · #1 Posted: **Jan 16, 2008, 8:05 PM**

Big fire at Shangri-La right now!!! Huge flames and smoke billowing from a garbage bin near the entrance off Alberni. Three fire trucks on the scene; Alberni closed off...

can anyone else see the column of smoke? look on numinous webcam...

bils · #2 Posted: **Jan 16, 2008, 8:08 PM**

on the webcam it does look a little hazy east of shangri-la

SpongeG · #3 Posted: **Jan 16, 2008, 8:13 PM**

they just showed it as breaking news on the noon news!

towerguy3 · #4 Posted: **Jan 16, 2008, 8:23 PM**

I'm thinking with a garbage bin full of insulation and wood it might have been some combustible materials or a solvent rag... there were 5 firefighters hanging over the scene trying to douse the flames; took about 20 minutes

How common are bin fires like this at construction sites? The flames in this one were about 5 meters high at one point...

this is not a good week for Shangri-La; first plywood flying off the top and hitting cars below, now a fire

the weekend can't come soon enough for those guys...

Western Spaghetti · #5 Posted: **Jan 16, 2008, 8:26 PM**

Shitty news. Hopefully this won't scrap the tower. I've been anxiously awaiting this one.

Hed Kandi · #6 Posted: **Jan 16, 2008, 8:50 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Western Spaghetti

Shitty news. Hopefully this won't scrap the tower. I've been anxiously awaiting this one.

mr.x · #7 Posted: **Jan 16, 2008, 8:51 PM**

it's only a freaking garbage bin....you made it sound like we might have to write off the building.

LeftCoaster · #8 Posted: **Jan 16, 2008, 8:54 PM**

I heard from some guy in an orange vest that the project has offically been canceled because of the fire...

subdude · #9 Posted: **Jan 16, 2008, 9:13 PM**

mr.x · #10 Posted: **Jan 16, 2008, 11:36 PM**

I just heard the building collapsed onto the site of Ritz Carlton....there goes our supertalls.

SpongeG · #11 Posted: **Jan 16, 2008, 11:41 PM**

sad

Hed Kandi · #12 Posted: **Jan 16, 2008, 11:57 PM**

Fire!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lGTToeQSHo

towerguy3 · #13 Posted: **Jan 17, 2008, 12:02 AM**

and this morning a steel rod fell and took out a chunk of the sidewalk

towerguy3 · #14 Posted: **Jan 17, 2008, 5:12 AM**

Here's a video of the fire:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TVKisZ5LVA

agrant · #15 Posted: **Jan 17, 2008, 6:35 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by towerguy3

I'm thinking with a garbage bin full of insulation and wood it might have been some combustible materials or a solvent rag... there were 5 firefighters hanging over the scene trying to douse the flames; took about 20 minutes

How common are bin fires like this at construction sites? The flames in this one were about 5 meters high at one point...

this is not a good week for Shangri-La; first plywood flying off the top and hitting cars below, now a fire

the weekend can't come soon enough for those guys...

I've seen a few small fires start at construction sites. A couple times were due to welding slag dropping onto combustable material (i.e., ABS pipe). The other happened after some soldering, where some insulation caught on fire.

Cypherus · #16 Posted: **Jan 17, 2008, 7:30 AM**

Wow, very interesting. Thanks for the video link.