That’s why you plan. Putting the wet stuff on the red stuff isn’t always the go to tactic.
I wonder if the ChiComs put those little diamond shaped hazmat signs on their warehouses — and if the owners were honest about what was in there,
Exactly right.
Every Fire Chief/Department should have a Fire Plan for every commercial building in his district. Details would include entry doors, floor plans, normal contents, Fire suppression systems, locations of fire hose reels and isolation valves, hazardous materials MSDS and any other pertinent information.
Just guessing but if the Fire Chief had a plan and knew what was in these buildings he may have just set up a perimeter of containment and let the place burn.
I have seen a number of places where that was the strategy. It isn’t worth risking firemen’s lives to save property when there is little chance of saving the building and there are no people in the building.