Zimzum
12-07-2006, 06:09 AM
I LOL hard at this story on pissplanet (http://prisonplanet.com/articles/december2006/061206_b_Sears.htm). Very nice comparison by them! GOGO Fear tactics!
Sears Tower Burns; Does Not Collapse
STNG WIRE
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
A WEHS Channel 60 electrical television transmitter reportedly malfunctioned and caused a fire on the Sears Tower??s 101st floor early Wednesday.
The Chicago Fire Department called a still-and-box alarm at 2:12 a.m. for a ??small? fire on the 101st floor of the Sears Tower, 233 S. Wacker Dr., according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Richard Rosado.
The fire, which was mostly smoke, was contained by 2:30 a.m., Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said.
The fire started in a closet when a 100,000-watt WEHS Channel 60 television transmitter malfunctioned, Langford said.
??Electrical components in the closet were burning, which caused a lot of smoke,? Langford said.
The fire did not generate enough heat to activate the building??s fire alarms or sprinklers, but the fire produced enough smoke to activate the building??s smoke detectors.
??A lot of smoke was pouring out of the cabinet when crews arrived,? Langford said. ??It was more smoke than anything else.?
Responding firefighters initially believed a row of cabinets were on fire, but soon realized it was the transmitter inside the cabinets that was burning, according to Langford, who said one hose was used to extinguish the fire.
The transmitter was disintegrated after the blaze and was ??all fried up inside,???? Langford said.
An EMS Plan 1 was called for precaution and was secured at 2:52 a.m., Langford said.
Nobody was evacuated or injured in the fire, Rosado said.
Firefighters were still on the scene at 3:15 a.m. ventilating and cleaning up water used to spray the equipment, Langford said.
The smoke did not get into the building??s ventilation system and did not spread to other floors, Langford said.
Well always tomorrow for those two lab mice :thumbsup:
Sears Tower Burns; Does Not Collapse
STNG WIRE
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
A WEHS Channel 60 electrical television transmitter reportedly malfunctioned and caused a fire on the Sears Tower??s 101st floor early Wednesday.
The Chicago Fire Department called a still-and-box alarm at 2:12 a.m. for a ??small? fire on the 101st floor of the Sears Tower, 233 S. Wacker Dr., according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Richard Rosado.
The fire, which was mostly smoke, was contained by 2:30 a.m., Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said.
The fire started in a closet when a 100,000-watt WEHS Channel 60 television transmitter malfunctioned, Langford said.
??Electrical components in the closet were burning, which caused a lot of smoke,? Langford said.
The fire did not generate enough heat to activate the building??s fire alarms or sprinklers, but the fire produced enough smoke to activate the building??s smoke detectors.
??A lot of smoke was pouring out of the cabinet when crews arrived,? Langford said. ??It was more smoke than anything else.?
Responding firefighters initially believed a row of cabinets were on fire, but soon realized it was the transmitter inside the cabinets that was burning, according to Langford, who said one hose was used to extinguish the fire.
The transmitter was disintegrated after the blaze and was ??all fried up inside,???? Langford said.
An EMS Plan 1 was called for precaution and was secured at 2:52 a.m., Langford said.
Nobody was evacuated or injured in the fire, Rosado said.
Firefighters were still on the scene at 3:15 a.m. ventilating and cleaning up water used to spray the equipment, Langford said.
The smoke did not get into the building??s ventilation system and did not spread to other floors, Langford said.
Well always tomorrow for those two lab mice :thumbsup: