and that's all on the outside... i believe it's something the building was coated with
Posted on 04/04/2013 7:22:38 PM PDT by Sawdring
The blaze that had engulfed the tallest skyscraper in the North Caucasus region of Russia, has been put out, leaving the building almost completely destroyed.
According to information given by local emergency services, the fire that had engulfed the 'Grozny City' skyscraper on Wednesday, was put out in the early hours of Thursday, at 1:30 AM. The blaze has left the 40-floor building in a state of near-complete destruction.
The local emergency service said the call about the fire on between the 4th and 5th floors was received at around 18:00 PM local time (14:00 GMT).
According to witnesses’ pictures that immediately started to appear on Twitter, all stories of the building had been covered in flames.
Any people inside? Arson?
Wow, that is a BIG fire.
Dick Cheney’s thermite?
and that's all on the outside... i believe it's something the building was coated with
Chechnya? I'd venture TROP.
supposedly vacant
http://www.rferl.org/content/grozny-fire-/24947260.html
Gee. If I were that Sultan who built all the mega-skyscrapers in Dubai, those videos would make me just a little bit queasy.
Muslims will be muslims.
The building could be made of concrete and wet noodles, it would still burn. Or explode. Or both.
Suicide bomb training went wrong again!
I was shocked to find out there are ANY buildings left in Grozny.
In the burning skyscrapers, known collectively as 'Olympus', is an apartment belonging to French film star and tax exile Gerard Depardieu. LifeNews tabloid reports local administration confirmed the Frenchman’s apartment is on the 27th floor, facing the so-called 'heart of Grozny'- central mosque.
I remember that movie.
I don’t associate Grozny As a vacation hotspot.
A building covered with flammable plastic. What could go wrong?
It could get exciting.
A rainy night in Georgia would of fixed it!
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