Fire in Downtown Raleigh (Dallas: wood floors, apartments, rent)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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Well, when it's completed it will typically have some sort of fire-retardant insulation as well as drywall which is usually somewhat fire-retardant covering it. Also, no sprinkler systems or firewalls.
As was stated in the moved thread, this was a construction fire. Most apartment buildings actually fare relatively well during fires.
We went to Sullivan's for dinner, last night. Glenwood South was a busy place with all the St. Patrick's Day fun going on.
As we left to go home, we drove past the area hit by fire. Wow. You don't realize how BIG the area is. Police were stationed so you couldn't get very close.
I didn't realize how close to 42nd Street the fire was.
So glad no one was killed. Job well done to our first responders!
My daughter was one of the many that were displaced by this massive fire. As I look at more and more of these pictures/videos I am so thankful that my daughter was out with friends that evening! Normally she would have been in bed by then. I'm also amazed that everyone came out of this unscathed (with the exception of the one firefighter).
All I can say is that the First Responders did an awesome job! I can't thank them enough for all that they did that evening and continued to do after the fire! In fact the outpouring of help and support from everyone (FD, Police, her apartment complex, local restaurants, Red Cross, hotels, insurance company, local neighbors etc) was unbelievable! We really do live in a great place!
At this point we are just waiting to hear when/if she she will be able to return. Luckily she was at least able to get her car yesterday and some clothes as literally she became homeless, carless with only the clothes on her back when this all happened :-(
The fire crew did a great job, but the big question is the trash being built.
The tragedy is that this garbage construction is now legal for mid rises.
We hear that the completion of the tinderboxes will protect them, but that is a pile of bull.
When we lived in Northridge Crossings, a 2 floor tinderbox, a fire in one unit spread into the framing. Within minutes, the fire was blowing 20 feet through the roof. Only the great work of Raleigh firefighters saved the building without injuries.
This building was only 2 floors with two concrete and steel stairways to allow easy escape.
The recent fire here was a serious warning. There will be a firestorm in areas like Cameron Village where several new tinderboxes have just been built under the disastrously flawed building code.
Forewarned is forearmed. This sellout to developer greed needs to end now.
Of course, you realize this is a national building code that allows this and not some specific decision by Raleigh to allow transplants like you to come down and ruin things, right?
Maybe the ICC or NFPA will consider a change (personally, I'm not sure why they don't just go with 16 gauge metal stud framing for these in place of wood as while it's more expensive it's not THAT much more), but the fact that it was under construction at a particularly vulnerable stage is a real actual fact that even the Raleigh Fire Chief agrees with and does not mean it's especially dangerous when complete. And saying that 2 story condos should be non combustible construction, that's just crazy.
Construction fires happen and that's a fact of life, although one might ask whether construction sites in built-up areas need more oversight if for no other reason than to prevent damage to adjacent properties. I've got to wonder how many flammable materials besides wood were onsite.
But whether the code is too lenient for finished buildings... I suspect we haven't heard the last of that. Hard to say what the RFD chief really thinks about that question; wasn't the time or the place for him to get into it.
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