doesn't it make you sick

[classiccaprice]

a 118 year old firehouse is no more...

for text:
http://cms.firehouse.com/web/online/News/Historic-New-York-Firehouse-Collapses/46$60697
for video see link

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/08/22/vo.ny.firehouse.collapse.News 12 Westche

 

[hydralique]

Sad, yes, but . . .

it amply illustrates the weakness of unreinforced masonry construction. It seems pretty obvious that there was a problem in the shoring being used to support the building.

Thank goodness nobody was in the path of the debris as the structure collapsed.

 

[cleanteamofny]

It went up in smoke without the fire!