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Mandarin Oriental hotel fire

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  1. GrigioGuy

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    On fire like that yet it didn't collapse. Yet, WTC7 pulverizes without even being hit. How the heck could that be?
     
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    Please don't hijack this thread. P&R is over there ====>
     
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    That's quite a conflagration.
     
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    I'm not sure what is going on there. Mechanicals and cooling towers and other electical/cable systems would be on the roof where it began by evidence of the last link you posted w/ the pictures. Nothing there indicates the "steel" is burning at all. I'd bet there is much more to this story than what is depicted in the video
     
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    Uh, yea. I'd love to duke it out with those people but fortunately don't have access. ;)

    Anything will burn if it's hot enough, implode on itself is another story.
     
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    What's with the Mandarin Oriental Hotels having fires before they open? The one in Boston that opened last fall had a fire before it opened.
     
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    The fire probably started at the lower levels where materials were most likely being stored.
     
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    Fireworks landing on the roof set the thing on fire. It was the speed at which the blaze spread that was truly frightening.
     
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    Spectacular and frightning.
     

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