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Massive downtown L.A. fire closes freeway, 250 firefighters battling
L.A. Times ^ | 12/8/14 | LAUREN RAAB AND SHELBY GRAD

Posted on 12/08/2014 3:10:11 AM PST by Bodleian_Girl

Massive fire in downtown Los Angeles closed down portions of two major freeways Monday morning and could be seen for miles.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; fire; lafire; losangeles
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To: tomkat

I got to tell you, posts on this thread seem pretty psychotic.

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42 posted on 12/08/2014 5:10:45 AM PST by ifinnegan
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To: Bodleian_Girl

Watts all over again?


43 posted on 12/08/2014 5:13:50 AM PST by hsmomx3
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To: ifinnegan

I drove though it this morning. Massive construction site on fire ...


44 posted on 12/08/2014 5:21:46 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

It is an entire very large construction site. I drove through this morning.


45 posted on 12/08/2014 5:24:04 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

Whenever I want to persuade someone else to think like me, I always like to win them over by interfering with their commute ,yelling at them and setting fires.


46 posted on 12/08/2014 5:24:55 AM PST by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: BunnySlippers

Looks huge.

Is it north of the 10 in the big building being built?


47 posted on 12/08/2014 5:26:51 AM PST by ifinnegan
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To: BunnySlippers

Have to wonder: How could a fire grow so large right there in the middle of dntn LA without a fire dept reaction HOURS ago?


48 posted on 12/08/2014 5:30:11 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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To: Bodleian_Girl; LucyT; maggief; null and void; Republicanprofessor

Bodleian_Girl wrote:

“CIA is on floor ten according to scanner. LAPD also has an office there according to scanner. http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/2846";

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3234882/posts?page=2#2

“See aye ay”

Hmmm.


49 posted on 12/08/2014 5:30:44 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2001)
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To: ifinnegan

It is just below Temple ... Sunset Blvd. It is well above the 10 ... around the 101 Hollywood Fwy.

Yes, the big building being built. One of the Italian named places. This one was the Da Vinci.


50 posted on 12/08/2014 5:31:15 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: maggief

Marc Cota-Robles ‏@ABC7MarcCR 2m2 minutes ago Los Angeles, CA LA fire crews working 2nd large fire on 2800 W 7th, 10+ businesses & apartments under renovation, no injuries @ABC7

51 posted on 12/08/2014 5:32:21 AM PST by maggief
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

The fire I understand began around 2 AM. They said 250 fire-fighters.

When I transitioned from the Hollywood Fwy, it extended from Sunset Blvd almost to LA LIVE even though that was mostly smoke.

It’s dark when I come to work. I looked hard and I noticed that massive apartment building they were working on was all black wood.


52 posted on 12/08/2014 5:34:06 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: BunnySlippers

Thanks.


53 posted on 12/08/2014 5:34:47 AM PST by ifinnegan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; LucyT; null and void; maggief; Republicanprofessor

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3234882/posts?page=33#33

Ping!


54 posted on 12/08/2014 5:37:06 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2001)
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To: txrefugee

Exactly, The ideological spawn of Bill Ayers and other bomb throwers.


55 posted on 12/08/2014 5:41:43 AM PST by ecomcon
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To: grimalkin
Pardon my cynicism, but my first thought was arson.

Cynicism? Don't think so. Most urban construction site fires during off-hours are due to arson.

Besides...these buildings are part of a little bit of controversy. You see, this is part of LA's Prop1C 'affordable housing' initiative.

The most glaring quote of all the information out there:

...according to data from the California Association of Realtors, California median-income households (those with a median household income of $54,140) were $73,810 short of the $127,950 qualifying income needed to purchase a median-priced home at $545,910.
Anyone with half a brain can see the problem. Their fix? Spend tax dollars, build high-density housing, eliminate cars and stimulate more mass transit...all in the name of 'livability'...but they 'are' creating jobs.../s

They are using this same approach to deal with like issues in areas like Seattle & Portland. The last time I was in Seattle there were new construction projects on almost every other block...tall apartment towers of 'affordable housing' squeezed in among high-end boutiques...all while eliminating cars. And, of course, the response to the effect of reducing car usage is to whine about reduced vehicle usage taxes and find new ways to tax us all to keep the engine running.

More on the extent of this major project to subsidize/obfuscate California's/LA's economic problems:

http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/02/angelenos-react-my-figueroa

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-skelley/everybody-walks-in-la-fig_b_4721472.html

I suppose the big question is whether the fire has anything to do with the 'protests'; well, perhaps not directly. The way this project has been rammed down Angelino's throats, there's no question some opposition out there might consider using the protests for their own purposes, be it in protest of the project or insurance fraud. Or perhaps Donald Sterling or the-like owns one or more of the construction companies...

But it's Ok now: You see, the last opposition has withdrawn /s

Was I cynical enough?

56 posted on 12/08/2014 6:06:02 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: logi_cal869

Creating union jobs to build this, then more union jobs to clean it up, then more union jobs to build it again...........


57 posted on 12/08/2014 6:25:57 AM PST by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

Not what I heard this morning on radio. Just a construction site, according to that.

Of course, maybe this “2nd” big fire?


58 posted on 12/08/2014 6:25:58 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

My guess would be a large amount of accelerant.


59 posted on 12/08/2014 7:04:43 AM PST by rhubarbk (2014: First Flush . . . 2016: Final Flush)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Marxists and muzzies committing arson? Thanks Bodleian_Girl.


60 posted on 12/08/2014 7:46:35 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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