another massive skyscraper fire

[HurricaneDitka]

Dubai skyscraper fire: Torch Tower residents wake to screams as flames engulf...

Dubai’s Torch skyscraper has been engulfed in a huge fire, as scores of firefighters battled to control the blaze and evacuate the tower.

That’s an unfortunate name for a building that’s apparently caught fire twice now.

I hope everyone is able to evacuate. Fortunately, it looks like the fire is mostly on one side of the building.

[TriPolar]

I know it’s hot there but how hard is it to keep buildings from catching on fire? I see they used that cladding stuff that was such a disaster in England. Not allowed here in the US, just another one of those pesky regulations everyone wants to get rid of.

[HurricaneDitka]

I don’t know of anyone that’s pushed to remove that particular building code.

[Rushgeekgirl]

@HurricaneDitka

I don’t know of anyone that’s pushed to remove that particular building code.

It does remind me of this article from the last bad fire. Some U.S. States Relax Restrictions On Cladding Suspected In Grenfell Tower Fire : NPR

[Two_Many_Cats]

Since no one was hurt, can we all watch and go, “Oooooooooo!”?

[Ann_Hedonia]

nm duplicate link

[steatopygia]

double ninja’d

[Robot_Arm]

@HurricaneDitka

I don’t know of anyone that’s pushed to remove that particular building code.

@Rushgeekgirl

It does remind me of this article from the last bad fire. Some U.S. States Relax Restrictions On Cladding Suspected In Grenfell Tower Fire : NPR

This quote seems relevant.

Cost is a primary reason the D.C. Construction Codes Coordinating Board, which is under the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, removed the testing requirement. DCRA spokesman Matt Orlins says that during a 2012 code review process, building designers said they were concerned about the difficulty of finding cladding that passed the NFPA 285 test.

“The board agreed that the concerns were valid and that other portions of the codes did provide safeguards,” says Orlins. So the board eliminated the requirement.

Advocates for eliminating the NFPA 285 testing requirement have said it’s a prudent cost-saving change, given the lack of dramatic fires in the United States like the Grenfell Tower fire. And they point out that most fires start inside a building, where required sprinklers are likely to keep a fire from spreading to the cladding outside.

NPR contacted firms that have pushed for code changes in the District and Minnesota, but those businesses either did not respond or declined to comment.

[HurricaneDitka]

Ignorance fought. Thanks.

[voltaire]

That really is a beautiful shot of the Torch Tower. I say it was worth it since they’re rich and nobody got hurt. They could put it in the marketing materials and sell it as The Towering Inferno Experience.

[JackieLikesVariety]

That’s an unfortunate name for a building that’s apparently caught fire twice now.

seriously

sounds like evacuation went well but still, would you live in a building that tall? :dubious:

[aceplace57]

They need to rename that building. ASAP

Perhaps Da Bomb would be better?

[LSLGuy]

Redecorate some palm fronds and parrots and rename it the Tiki Torch. Sell beer and pink drinks with little umbrellas. It’ll be a big hit. If not, they can always have a fire sale.

[Robot_Arm]

@HurricaneDitka

Ignorance fought. Thanks.

No problem. I didn’t know any of the details either until I read that link.

[JackieLikesVariety]

@LSLGuy

Redecorate some palm fronds and parrots and rename it the Tiki Torch. Sell beer and pink drinks with little umbrellas. It’ll be a big hit. If not, they can always have a fire sale.

oooh, burn
is it insensitive to be making jokes? maybe it’s not too bad because nobody died. or even was hurt, last I heard.

[MEBuckner]

@JackieLikesVariety

is it insensitive to be making jokes? maybe it’s not too bad because nobody died. or even was hurt, last I heard.

Well, also, it’s a building that’s literally named the “Torch”, and it’s caught fire. Twice.

You’d have to be a Vulcan or an android or something not to make a few wisecracks about it.

[Ike_Witt]

@JackieLikesVariety

but still, would you live in a building that tall? :dubious:

It took the first responders 10 minutes to make it up to the 50th floor, which is something you have to take into account. So, no I do not think I would want to live in a building that tall.

[JRDelirious]

@JackieLikesVariety

would you live in a building that tall? :dubious:

Sure… if I’m in, like, the 5th floor