Hancock building on fire

http://abc7chicago.com/uncategorized/fire-breaks-out-at-hancock-tower-/1094478/

Where will this take the news?

So far no one is making a big deal because it was contained pretty fast.

It just sucks that it happened in general. One of Chicago's popular buildings.

Lol-I came in here thinking the Hankook tire building was on fire.

MrJoshua wrote: Lol-I came in here thinking the Hankook tire building was on fire.

Me too. Glad no one was seriously injured regardless!

Five people were injured, none seriously, on Saturday in a fire that sent flames bursting out of windows from a residence on the 50th floor of the Chicago's famous John Hancock Center, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

The fire broke out on the east side of the 100-story building in mid-afternoon and was quickly extinguished by responding firefighters, according to tweets by the Chicago Fire Department.

The fire began in a bedroom and spread through the rest of the apartment, gutting it, the department said. The cause of the fire, confined to the one apartment, is under investigation but was determined to be accidental.

Five people suffered smoke inhalation or other minor injuries and were in good or stable condition, the department said. Several ambulances responded to the scene.

The fire department posted pictures of the flames coming from the building as smoke obscured views of the upper floors.

Herbie Handcock?

Burning sensation in the Hancock Building?

Appleseed wrote: Herbie Handcock?

Rockit

My dad was a fire protection engineer for almost 50 years - there is always a fire sprinkler conversation when these fires break out with him. No sprinklers?

http://www.firesprinklerassocnewsletters.org/index.php/residential-floors-of-john-hancock-center-not-protected-with-fire-sprinklers/

Datsun310Guy wrote: My dad was a fire protection engineer for almost 50 years - there is always a fire sprinkler conversation when these fires break out with him. No sprinklers? http://www.firesprinklerassocnewsletters.org/index.php/residential-floors-of-john-hancock-center-not-protected-with-fire-sprinklers/

Not sure it this building has sprinklers but many Chicago highrise buildings built before a certain date do not have them. There is a law on the books to require them in all buildings of a certain height but they keep pushing back the date each time it get down to a year or less.

It amounts to the building owners making champaign contibutions to the aldermans re- election fund and the date gets pushed back.

Its Chicago. You're surprised?

petegossett wrote:

Appleseed wrote: Herbie Handcock?

Rockit

Herbie Hancock, Cobra guy...

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/03/herbie-hancock.html

Woody wrote:

petegossett wrote:

Appleseed wrote: Herbie Handcock?

Rockit

Herbie Hancock, Cobra guy... http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/03/herbie-hancock.html

COBRA?