Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

SIX-SQUARE BLOCKS ON FIRE DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, VA.
Fox News

Posted on 03/26/2004 11:09:30 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg

Fox reporting "five or six square blocks" near Broad Street on fire in downstown Richmond, VA.

"Explosions heard" before fire erupted.

Evacuations underway. Fire spreading.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: explosions; fire; i95; richmond; vcu; virginia
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 161-179 next last

1 posted on 03/26/2004 11:09:30 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Dr. Eckleburg
OH....WoW
2 posted on 03/26/2004 11:11:13 AM PST by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( President Bush 3-20-04))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Corin Stormhands
Corin, know anything about this?
3 posted on 03/26/2004 11:11:41 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dr. Eckleburg
That's a hell of a fire if the reporting is accurate. Please try to keep those of us working informed. Thanks.
4 posted on 03/26/2004 11:12:03 AM PST by johniegrad
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dr. Eckleburg
Damn, keep us posted. Any info on what's in that area?
5 posted on 03/26/2004 11:12:18 AM PST by labowski ("The Dude Abideth")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dr. Eckleburg
Five or six square blocks! Holey moley.
6 posted on 03/26/2004 11:12:18 AM PST by Bahbah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: HairOfTheDog; RMDupree; Wneighbor; ksen
Any of you know if this is anywhere near where Corin works?

Gosh...sounds pretty serious.
7 posted on 03/26/2004 11:12:55 AM PST by RosieCotton (Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. - G. K. Chesterton)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bahbah
yeah, if the report is at all accurate, something very unusual happened there. Hmm.

8 posted on 03/26/2004 11:13:34 AM PST by HarryCaul
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: RosieCotton
Gosh...sounds pretty serious.

Watch it.

9 posted on 03/26/2004 11:13:49 AM PST by freedomson (Baruch Habba B'Shem Adonai)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Dr. Eckleburg
PMSNBC reporting a "hotel on fire," four or five stories. They had an aerial view. It didn't look like 6 blocks.
10 posted on 03/26/2004 11:13:59 AM PST by Types_with_Fist ("You'll never get the pass code Eric!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nuconvert
Fox is the only one covering this so far. The pix look horrific. Smoke everywhere.

May have begun in "nearby apartment building under construction." Near VCU, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Academy recruits called in to fight fire.

51` temperatures with moderate winds.
11 posted on 03/26/2004 11:14:34 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: RosieCotton; Corin Stormhands
Corin works near the Capitol building, I think, however that relates..
12 posted on 03/26/2004 11:15:44 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: freedomson
Watch it.

?

13 posted on 03/26/2004 11:15:49 AM PST by RosieCotton (Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. - G. K. Chesterton)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Dr. Eckleburg
gasline hit by construction equipment?
14 posted on 03/26/2004 11:16:08 AM PST by old3030 ("Appearances are a glimpse of what is hidden." (Anaxagoras))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RosieCotton
Just...just "watch it!"...:-)
15 posted on 03/26/2004 11:16:21 AM PST by Types_with_Fist ("You'll never get the pass code Eric!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Dr. Eckleburg
Fox is saying that fire has consumed 2 blocks in Richmond on their banner.
16 posted on 03/26/2004 11:16:36 AM PST by Ragirl (Vote in '04 ! Those who sit on their hands end up with poop on them.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ragirl
btt
17 posted on 03/26/2004 11:17:26 AM PST by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: HarryCaul
The scrawl says 2 blocks, but it is windy and causing brush fires. The firemen look like they are pretty much in control.
18 posted on 03/26/2004 11:17:38 AM PST by Bahbah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Dr. Eckleburg
More deatils available on Richmond Time's Dispatch website

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031774519149
19 posted on 03/26/2004 11:17:43 AM PST by LI Rep
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Dr. Eckleburg
Trying to hit the Richmond Times-Disgrace's website right now...not surprisingly, it's slashdotted big-time. Here we go...

Fires break out at VCU
An explosive fire broke out at 12:32 p.m. today in a VCU building under construction in the 900 block of West Broad St., igniting other blazes in nearby buildings, sending soccer ball-sized cinders tumbling down streets, filling the sky with smoke and spreading fires north to the Carver neighborhood.

}:-)4
20 posted on 03/26/2004 11:19:32 AM PST by Moose4 (This is not a "war of ideas." It is a war of life and death.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 161-179 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson