There were a lot of fire trucks - a fairly impressive response and a good example of why we need to pay taxes. But what struck me was how persistent this fire was. It's not a large building, as you can see from the photos. I walked over to see what was going on and it must have been a good half hour or hour after the fire started when I got there. I had been smelling smoke for quite a while. The fire people were in the process of dumping a lot of water on the building. A lot of water. There was a veritable river flowing down the street. Yet I still saw significant flames coming from the building roof. I'm thinking - wow, what the hell is in that building?
I went over this morning at about 4 AM and took a few photos. You can see all of them here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49925617@N ... 814296086/
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