Off topic again... But I am getting a little sick of seeing firefighters lately. This morning I got to work and as I entered the parking lot of our business park I almost passed out when I saw charred office furniture stacked up in front of my office, firefighters trucks everywhere. As it turns out, the small business right next door to our warehouse (an internet vendor of computer and electronics batteries) went up in smoke and was completely destroyed at around 2 am. Our company was saved by a concrete firewall separating their warehouse from ours and we sustained only minor water damage during the firefighting effort - no structural damage (or so we hope, engineers will double check the building tomorrow), although we lost all utilities: Power, water, phones, fax, email, internet access... Only power has been restored as of tonight and phones/DSL and water are very iffy for tomorrow, too, since everything kind of melted away. Didn't get much work done on a cell phone, that's for sure.
The guys on the other end of the affected business weren't nearly as lucky, since there was only a drywall separation. They got heavy water damage and the roof in their warehouse partially collapsed, so they had to move out. The whole area smells awful. Fire dept is still investigating, they are sure it's electrical in nature but not so sure it was an accident. :evil:
Before going home tonight I took some pictures of the carnage for your enjoyment.
This is their front entrance adjacent to ours, talk about a close call!
Few shots from the rear alley, the total destruction in plain view:
This concrete firewall saved our ass from certain disaster:
That flimsy drywall didn't protect their neighbors on the other end much, although firefighters were able to limit damage to their business to water and a partially caved roof:
