TomDart opened this issue on Dec 21, 2011 · 7 posts
TomDart posted Wed, 21 December 2011 at 2:36 PM
Earlier, large flames appearing as living entities would shoot up from the roof or from a window. As soon as one appeared forced down, another flew violently from another opening cut into the old house. Fire in action like that is a dominating creature; in this old house it seemed a gang of fire demons were hiding to take the place of another instantly.
The drama was not so much the fire, most of which I missed on photos but witnessed. The drama was seeing a woman I know and realizing this 107 year old wood frame building was the home of the business where she worked. A daughter also worked there and many other people. This real estate business had files and computers on the second floor and when fire demons were not licking the air in there, countless gallons of water deluged everything from the roof to ground level. The real pain was knowing the difficulty the business would now face and how file recovery might in some cases not be possible.
With the initial excitement came a note of sadness and encouragement for those suffering the loss.
What might look sound on the second floor from the outside view is actually gutted inside.
TomDart posted Wed, 21 December 2011 at 2:38 PM
TomDart posted Wed, 21 December 2011 at 2:40 PM
TomDart posted Wed, 21 December 2011 at 2:44 PM
At least in this shot is a touch of humor with such a pitiful squirt while fire was coming out the right side of the building. The hose was full force into the structure but for this moment...
UVDan posted Thu, 22 December 2011 at 3:46 AM Forum Moderator
Nice shots. I feel really sorry for the victims though.
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kokabeel posted Tue, 27 December 2011 at 1:55 PM
This is absolutely terrible for the victims.
This type of work is hard. You have to detach yourself from personal feelings to capture what's going on. Really great job !
kgb224 posted Thu, 29 December 2011 at 7:51 AM
Stunning captures Tom.
Sad for the damage my friend.
God Bless.