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Flames Rip Through Exotic Dance Club In Detroit
on-the-scene report, developing story ^ | March 11, 2015

Posted on 03/11/2015 5:20:43 AM PDT by equaviator

An exotic dance club on Detroit’s west side has gone up in flames.

The fire took off early Wednesday morning at the Watts Mozambique Lounge on Fenkell Avenue and Northlawn Street, just east of Wyoming Avenue.

“This nightclub has been here for many, many years and we do understand it’s an exotic dancing, male-type of club here. The roof is about 30 percent engulfed in flames right now,” said WWJ’s Bill Szumanski from about the scene in Chopper 950. “Next door to it, adjacent, is a hair and nail salon and crews are now trying to keep the flames from jumping over to that building.”

Reporting live from the scene, WWJ’s Charlie Langton said several fire engines were trying to extinguish the flames, which were shooting through the roof with plumes of black smoke.

It’s unclear if anyone was in the building when the fire started, or if anyone is injured.

Firefighters are apparently having issues at the scene with working hydrants.

Officials have shut down Fenkell Avenue at Northlawn as crews continue to battle the blaze. Motorists are advised to avoid the area.

Authorities say it’s too early to determine a cause of the fire.


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What a shame!
1 posted on 03/11/2015 5:20:43 AM PDT by equaviator
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To: equaviator

Roasted wieners?


2 posted on 03/11/2015 5:21:32 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Wonderful, now I'm going to be forced to find a new place to shake my moneymaker.

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3 posted on 03/11/2015 5:22:43 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: equaviator

Did Sharpton have an office in the building?


4 posted on 03/11/2015 5:23:37 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: equaviator

DEE-troit’s only source of revenue ... up in flames


5 posted on 03/11/2015 5:24:04 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: knarf
I should'a read just a little further ...

"Firefighters are apparently having issues at the scene with working hydrants."

Didn't we just read about Detroit fining people for using water illegally or something like that ?

Mayhaps the Mosambique (Amish, fer sher) dint pay their bill ... hmmmm ?

6 posted on 03/11/2015 5:27:26 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: equaviator
"it’s an exotic dancing, male-type of club here."

Huh? So, it's fags dancing in there? Fags dressed as women? If that's the case, the wig and beauty supply place probably have the same clientele.

7 posted on 03/11/2015 5:27:32 AM PDT by csvset
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To: equaviator
"exotic dance club"

Translation: strip joint for pud-gummers.

8 posted on 03/11/2015 5:29:20 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: equaviator

They’ve still got the corner of South Saginaw and Dort up in Flint.


9 posted on 03/11/2015 5:32:34 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: equaviator

What is an “exotic dance club”?


10 posted on 03/11/2015 5:33:10 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

Even the hydrants in Detroit don’t work.


11 posted on 03/11/2015 5:36:46 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: csvset

It appears to be a club for the ladies, featuring male “dancers”.


12 posted on 03/11/2015 5:37:36 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: cripplecreek

Homer Simpson gets his justification...

“I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals FFLLLAAY-MING!”


13 posted on 03/11/2015 5:38:13 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: equaviator

Never go to a bar called the “Watts Mozambique Lounge.”


14 posted on 03/11/2015 5:41:12 AM PDT by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: cripplecreek; equaviator

Funny thing is, I have a business client on Fenkell so I’ve driven by that location countless times without even noticing it was there.

Not that I would have been tempted to stop in.


15 posted on 03/11/2015 5:42:55 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: iowamark

“Never get out of the boat!”


16 posted on 03/11/2015 5:44:17 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: cripplecreek
shake my moneymaker

I had to take a detour to watch a couple of videos of that song. It's been covered by so many bands. A classic.

17 posted on 03/11/2015 5:45:26 AM PDT by csvset
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To: Bushbacker1
Did Sharpton have an office in the building?

Yeah, that nail salon next door sounds eerily familiar, don't it?

18 posted on 03/11/2015 5:47:08 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: IncPen

I wonder in the Rev Al had a piece of this club.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3266580/posts


19 posted on 03/11/2015 5:48:25 AM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: TangoLimaSierra

beat me by 60 secs LOL


20 posted on 03/11/2015 5:49:33 AM PDT by Nailbiter
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