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by **Citywide231** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:23 am

It sounds like they have this under control. However, they will be there all night and probably all day tommorow. The portion that burned will be a total loss Iam sure.

by **GMACK24** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:23 am

well from the news clips it didn't look like a TOTAL loss................

and some great old photos here

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?co ... /~pp_ffJG::

by **Kirkbride** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:26 am

Yeah, those photos are brilliant. Wish I could have seen the dome before it collapsed.

by **Citywide231** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:26 am

Greg I hope you are right, but with that amount of fire, coupled with the fact the building was already a mess means that they will almost certain tear at least the admin portion down. As for the wings, who knows.

by **DSIA** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:28 am

Fox had some great aerial shots. Everyone else seems to be ground level but it looks like the wings are ok.

by **cyrus** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:38 am

So is that about it?

by **Kirkbride** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:47 am

webnative wrote:This is terrible news. It was probably an inside job so they have a better excuse not to save the thing.

That thought did cross my mind, but I really doubt they would risk firefighters' lives just to get rid of the building.

by **verizoff** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:48 am

Then why waste money on a massive 15 foot tall mesh fence?

That stuff costs a pretty penny.

by **DSIA** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:11 am

Anyway....

I'm sure the news will show aftermath pictures tomorrow morning in daylight.

by **Kirkbride** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:16 am

I can't wait to hear what they decide to do with what's left.

by **cyrus** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:36 am

Kirkbride wrote:I can't wait to hear what they decide to do with what's left.

Do you know how much is left?

by **verizoff** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:52 am

From what it looked like on the news this morning, only Admin burned... the wings appeared fine.

by **Kirkbride** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:58 am

That's what it looked like to me too.

by **Kirkbride** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:18 am

Here's a recent article and some video from this morning.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/81 ... etail.html

I can't listen to the sound right now. Anybody know what the reporter is saying and if there's anything new being said?

by **qwerty** on Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:34 am

Kirkbride wrote:Here's a recent article and some video from this morning.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/81 ... etail.html

I can't listen to the sound right now. Anybody know what the reporter is saying and if there's anything new being said?

Nothing new really, she said that "a building" had been destroyed. Supposedly the roof had collapsed in that portion of the building years ago. They also said that the fire was harder to fight because of low water pressure. Sounds like some idiots set the fire on purpose.

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