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It continues to burn now fully engulfed

Philco/McClung Warehouse fire, February 7, 2007 from the 8th floor of the Sterchi Building

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40 photos | 14,462 views

items are from between 28 Jan 2007 & 08 Feb 2007.

The Philco Building by skatterbean
The fire started between 12:30 and 1:00am by skatterbean
Pretty soon the whole front was on fire by skatterbean
You could hear it, it was that loud by skatterbean
Once it started to go it went very quickly by skatterbean
As it developed you could see more and more flames around the top and sides by skatterbean
The roof of the building was gone by skatterbean
The fire gets more intense as more firefighters show up by skatterbean
You can see the lower levels beginning to burn by skatterbean
I could feel the heat from it at this point by skatterbean
The embers from the fire started little fires on buildings next to mine by skatterbean
The lower row of windows is now completely on fire by skatterbean
More and more embers and smoke by skatterbean
Things kind of settled down as more cracking and popping came from inside by skatterbean
It burned steadily for a while by skatterbean
Big flames would leap out from time to time like this one by skatterbean
Also from the front windows by skatterbean
I hope no one was inside trying to get out of the cold by skatterbean
The eastern wall fell around 1:50am by skatterbean
With the fire now completely exposed to the wind it burned even faster by skatterbean
And hotter and brighter by skatterbean
It continues to burn now fully engulfed by skatterbean
People waiting for news by skatterbean
"This sucks" by skatterbean
I tried to get a better view, but all the roads were blocked by skatterbean
Displaced people by skatterbean
Soaking the 100 block, the smoke was pretty thick by skatterbean
Two officers head back toward the Gay St. Viaduct by skatterbean
After the fire died down I was able to get closer by skatterbean
The front wall of the building had fallen on one of the ladder trucks by skatterbean
Why you should never park in front of fire hydrants by skatterbean
It continued to burn the remnants inside the shell by skatterbean
People who had a night far worse than my own by skatterbean
You can see the debris from the fallen wall by skatterbean
This is one of those that will probably still be burning when I head to work in 4 hours by skatterbean
Flare ups kept coming as water is being constantly streamed on the fire by skatterbean
Graffiti lights near dawn by skatterbean
Back again at home by skatterbean
24 hours after it began... by skatterbean
Sprays of water and light by skatterbean

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