Big fire reported at Barksdale AFB
Posted on 03/12/2002 9:45:24 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
Big fire reported at Barksdale AFB
03/12/2002
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. – More than 70 firefighters struggled to put out a stubborn fire at the 8th Air Force headquarter building at this northwestern Louisiana base Tueaday morning.
A base spokesman, Airman 1st Class David Jackson, said the fire was first reported at about 2:30 a.m. CST and was still moving through the attic of the three-story building eight hours later. He estimated the building covers about 50,000 square feet.
Two firefighters were taken to a hospital for observation after suffering smoke inhalation but no other injuries were reported said Airman 1st Class David Jackson.
About 60 firefighters form the base's fire department and 15 from nearby Bossier City fought the blaze.
The cause of the fire was not known. Jackson said no weapons are stored in the building.
Jackson said the building is occupied around the clock but there were probably few people in it when the fire broke out.
News reporters were not allowed on base. Jackson, in a telephone interview, said he could see some flames and a great deal of smoke from his office roughly 500 yards from the building.
The base is home for the Air Force's largest fleet of B-52 long-range bombers, some of which are on duty over Afghanistan. It was where President Bush first landed on Sept. 11 after the terrorist attacks.
There have been a number of news alerts so for today, like the truck turning over in NY and the shooting/hostage? incident and of course the closing arguments of the Andrea Yates trail, that has pre-empted eveerything else today, even the great Bush town hall meeting this morning, held in Pennsylvania, that CNN did NOT carry, but FOX did. I will follow-up is I hear anything about the fire at the AFB.
Huh? An A1C as base spokesman? Has the AF run out of 2Lts?
/john
"/sarcasm" tag or not, I hope you're happy - you've gone and done it now. You've given legs to this whole thing all over again.....geeze....
Going to go get my tinfoil now...
They can't do any upgrade on alot of the buildings there because they are historic landmarks and protected. No upgrade and no renovations on some of them ! I'd bet this building has an open attic and no fire stops to stop the fire from spreading.
I smell conspiracy! Were they destroying documents? Bodies? Is this where the REAL United flight 77 landed?
The coverup begins! Lightning??? HA! An act of nature - what a flimsy excuse!
That struck me funny, too. What is a A1C? an E-4?
Walt
Damn! I just hung up with my broker, should have bought some AA
Exactly - and how do we know that what 'Ida' saw was actually lightning? An explosion perhaps!?!. . . .Hmmmmmmm?
Stay Safe !
They still have 2Lts??? I thought 2nd anything was politically incorrect and degrading!
Reminds me of the old joke. The definition of gross incompetence=144 2Lts.
No, an E-3. SrA(formerly Sgt) is E-4.
/john
The 2LT is probably still trying to fold the map...
E-3 actually. Corresponding to a Private First Class in the Army, a Seaman in the Navy and a Lance Corporal in the Marines. Now you know.
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