http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43960778

For brian: its video of a 26 story tower block on fire in Brazil.


It fell straight down, must be the work of those that used super
thermite on the towers in America!

Its one hell of a blaze, makes you wonder what it was made from.

On 01/05/2018 13:47, dennis@home wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43960778

For brian: its video of a 26 story tower block on fire in Brazil.


It fell straight down, must be the work of those that used super
thermite on the towers in America!

Its one hell of a blaze, makes you wonder what it was made from.

According to the report, lots of wood and other combustibles, used by
squatters to make living accommodation inside the abandoned building.

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On 01/05/2018 13:47, dennis@home wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43960778

For brian: its video of a 26 story tower block on fire in Brazil.


It fell straight down, must be the work of those that used super
thermite on the towers in America!

Its one hell of a blaze, makes you wonder what it was made from.

Saves demolition costs.

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Max Demian

On 01/05/2018 13:47, dennis@home wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43960778

For brian: its video of a 26 story tower block on fire in Brazil.


It fell straight down, must be the work of those that used super
thermite on the towers in America!

Its one hell of a blaze, makes you wonder what it was made from.

Office building. Reinforced concrete with a curtain glass facade.

probably poor spec concrete inadequately cured and less
rebar than the architect specified.

Now full of squatters who are having open fires and other
silly things throughout the building.

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On 01/05/2018 13:47, dennis@home wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43960778

For brian: its video of a 26 story tower block on fire in Brazil.


It fell straight down, must be the work of those that used super thermite
on the towers in America!

Its one hell of a blaze, makes you wonder what it was made from.

According to the report, lots of wood and other combustibles, used by
squatters to make living accommodation inside the abandoned building.

Doesnt sound very plausible. If that was so you'd expect lots more
abandoned buildings used by squatters would go up in flames as
spectacularly and they dont.

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On 01/05/2018 13:47, dennis@home wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43960778

For brian: its video of a 26 story tower block on fire in Brazil.


It fell straight down, must be the work of those that used super thermite
on the towers in America!

Its one hell of a blaze, makes you wonder what it was made from.

Office building. Reinforced concrete with a curtain glass facade.

probably poor spec concrete inadequately cured and less
rebar than the architect specified.

Now full of squatters who are having open fires and other
silly things throughout the building.

Unlikely at this time of year in Brazil.

One has to ask why it was abandoned, maybe because it was felt to be unsafe.
I can recall here in Kingston a couple of years back some workmen were
doing some removal of walls in a building whose drawing said it should be
safe to remove, but it collapsed inward one night when the workmen were not
there, it later transpired that the drawings were totally wrong about the
construction materials and how they were secured, or from the looks of it,
not secured.

It does make one think.
Brian

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On 01/05/2018 13:47, dennis@home wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43960778

For brian: its video of a 26 story tower block on fire in Brazil.


It fell straight down, must be the work of those that used super thermite
on the towers in America!

Its one hell of a blaze, makes you wonder what it was made from.

According to the report, lots of wood and other combustibles, used by
squatters to make living accommodation inside the abandoned building.

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On 02/05/2018 14:50, Brian Gaff wrote:
One has to ask why it was abandoned, maybe because it was felt to be unsafe.
I can recall here in Kingston a couple of years back some workmen were
doing some removal of walls in a building whose drawing said it should be
safe to remove, but it collapsed inward one night when the workmen were not
there, it later transpired that the drawings were totally wrong about the
construction materials and how they were secured, or from the looks of it,
not secured.

It does make one think.

One of the comments made by the fire service was that the lifts had been
removed, which created a chimney effect that spread the fire. That
suggests that it might have been in the process of being dismantled.


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On 01/05/2018 13:47, dennis@home wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43960778

For brian: its video of a 26 story tower block on fire in Brazil.


It fell straight down, must be the work of those that used super thermite
on the towers in America!

Its one hell of a blaze, makes you wonder what it was made from.

Office building. Reinforced concrete with a curtain glass facade.

probably poor spec concrete inadequately cured and less
rebar than the architect specified.

Now full of squatters who are having open fires and other
silly things throughout the building.

Unlikely at this time of year in Brazil.

Do they only eat salad at this time of year then?
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On 01/05/2018 21:13, Rod Speed wrote:


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On 01/05/2018 13:47, dennis@home wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43960778

For brian: its video of a 26 story tower block on fire in Brazil.


It fell straight down, must be the work of those that used super
thermite on the towers in America!

Its one hell of a blaze, makes you wonder what it was made from.

Office building. Reinforced concrete with a curtain glass facade.

probably poor spec concrete inadequately cured and less
rebar than the architect specified.

Now full of squatters who are having open fires and other
silly things throughout the building.

Unlikely at this time of year in Brazil.

They cook on kerosene stoves all year round you know.

Also lots of small businesses at work which could involve
welding or soldering, or using a small furnace. Who knows.

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On 01/05/2018 13:47, dennis@home wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43960778

For brian: its video of a 26 story tower block on fire in Brazil.


It fell straight down, must be the work of those that used super
thermite
on the towers in America!

Its one hell of a blaze, makes you wonder what it was made from.

Office building. Reinforced concrete with a curtain glass facade.

probably poor spec concrete inadequately cured and less
rebar than the architect specified.

Now full of squatters who are having open fires and other
silly things throughout the building.

Unlikely at this time of year in Brazil.

Do they only eat salad at this time of year then?

They don't cook on open fires there.

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On 01/05/2018 21:13, Rod Speed wrote:


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On 01/05/2018 13:47, dennis@home wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43960778

For brian: its video of a 26 story tower block on fire in Brazil.


It fell straight down, must be the work of those that used super
thermite on the towers in America!

Its one hell of a blaze, makes you wonder what it was made from.

Office building. Reinforced concrete with a curtain glass facade.

probably poor spec concrete inadequately cured and less rebar than the
architect specified.

Now full of squatters who are having open fires and other silly things
throughout the building.

Unlikely at this time of year in Brazil.

They cook on kerosene stoves all year round you know.

Yep, and those arent open fires.

Also lots of small businesses at work which could involve
welding or soldering, or using a small furnace.

**** all of those.

Who knows.

You obviously dont.

On 02/05/2018 22:11, Rod Speed wrote:
**** all of those.

Could be some small businesses in there, hidden behind
plywood panelling doing that for clients too.

There have been plenty of programs by Channel 4 news
about similar buildings in Venezuela. 60 story
half-built buildings with no outside windows or safety
rails, no handrails on staircases and thousands of people
living in there, and yes, running a multitude of small
businesses using stolen electricity fed via horrifyingly
dangerous cables everywhere.

You should watch a better class of news programs, but perhaps
Australia, like the US thinks the world stops at their
territorial limits ?.

Andrew wrote
Rod Speed wrote

**** all of those.

Could be some small businesses in there, hidden behind plywood panelling
doing that for clients too.

**** all would be doing welding or have furnaces.

There have been plenty of programs by Channel 4 news about similar
buildings in Venezuela. 60 story
half-built buildings with no outside windows or safety
rails, no handrails on staircases and thousands of people
living in there, and yes, running a multitude of small
businesses using stolen electricity fed via horrifyingly
dangerous cables everywhere.

But **** all of those had welders or furnaces.

You should watch a better class of news programs,

I dont watch any at all. I do watch the docos.

but perhaps Australia, like the US thinks the world stops at their
territorial limits ?.

Unlikely given that that fire did show up on our equivalent of the BBC.