Every building violates the LAW OF GRAVITY. The builder erects a structure by creating, by some method or other, what I call a "Gravity Resistance System" (GRS). I used to tell my students to ask builders how they beat the law of gravity. One old carpenter threw down his hammer and declared "they got so many laws now you can't get nothing done!"
Paste this in your helmet :
"Fire disrupts the gravity resistance system. The exact moment the system can no longer carry the load the structure fails. There is no delay, no reprieve, no political clout , no 'years of experience,' which can stop or delay gravity in doing it's thing."
This looks like a remarkable well built building, considering it has survived a ferocious fire for two hours without extension to the next floor.
"Fire disrupts the gravity resistance system. The exact moment the system can no longer carry the load the structure fails. There is no delay, no reprieve, no political clout , no 'years of experience,' which can stop or delay gravity in doing it's thing."
I know about it...I woke up on a Sunday morning in 1991 to find my house in flames...Barely got myself, wife and daughter out...Lost one dog and there was nothing left but ashes.