Ft McMurray Fires - Page 2

Gravdigr · 05-12-2016, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by tw

Knowing a fire is coming, why then would anyone leave their vehicles behind?

Insurance?

Gravdigr · 05-12-2016, 03:48 PM

Doorbell camera video of firefighters trying to save a home in Fort McMurray.

glatt · 05-12-2016, 09:09 PM

Impressive, the amount of work they put into that.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-12-2016, 10:03 PM

I guess it started from embers on the roof.

tw · 05-13-2016, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I guess it started from embers on the roof.

Fire apparently started underneath the porch. It used the right side column to get into an attic space above the porch. Then spread out to eventually pop through the roof.

Firemen first attacked obvious fire underneath. Then discovered a fire popping out of the roof. Eventually discovered how fire got above the porch. Chopped a hole into that column to kill that fire. Then pulled the entire porch ceiling down to confirm it had not spread into the house.

Firemen were careful to not be underneath that roof if not absolutely necessary.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-13-2016, 06:56 PM

How does a fire start underneath the house when nothing around it is burning? The fire could have traveled down the post also.

classicman · 05-14-2016, 11:17 AM

What is this gravity of which you speak?
You are too emotional. Stop making sense.

Gravdigr · 05-14-2016, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

How does a fire start underneath the house when nothing around it is burning? The fire could have traveled down the post also.

Blown embers?

tw · 05-14-2016, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

How does a fire start underneath the house when nothing around it is burning?

Door bell camera demonstrates why so many adjacent houses burned while others in the same neighborhood remain intact. Those embers would start fires even a mile away. In this case, it may have gotten under the porch where leaves had collected. First pictures show smoke only coming out from under the porch.

Apparently columns were constructed without a fire stop (ie sheet rock) inside.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-16-2016, 06:52 AM

Two minutes into the evacuation, which couldn't start until the RCMP gave the signal and had a helicopter in the air, gets scary with falling embers and traffic jammed...

glatt · 05-16-2016, 11:28 AM

It's like getting out of a parking lot after a concert, except with a wildfire chasing you.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-17-2016, 03:27 AM

If you're buying a bike, be careful of Canadian Craig's list...

tw · 05-28-2016, 07:34 AM

What is the state of this fire?

glatt · 05-28-2016, 09:46 AM

They call them provinces up there, not states.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-28-2016, 02:34 PM

Now you've done it.

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05-12-2016, 10:03 PM	#19
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I guess it started from embers on the roof. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-13-2016, 06:56 PM	#21
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How does a fire start underneath the house when nothing around it is burning? The fire could have traveled down the post also. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-14-2016, 11:17 AM	#22
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05-16-2016, 06:52 AM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Two minutes into the evacuation, which couldn't start until the RCMP gave the signal and had a helicopter in the air, gets scary with falling embers and traffic jammed... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-12-2016, 09:09 PM	#18
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Impressive, the amount of work they put into that.

05-16-2016, 11:28 AM	#26
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's like getting out of a parking lot after a concert, except with a wildfire chasing you.

05-17-2016, 03:27 AM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you're buying a bike, be careful of Canadian Craig's list... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-28-2016, 07:34 AM	#28
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	What is the state of this fire?

05-28-2016, 09:46 AM	#29
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They call them provinces up there, not states.

05-28-2016, 02:34 PM	#30
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Now you've done it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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