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Recycling Plant Fire Rages in Brooklyn: FDNY (Original Post)
hrmjustin
Mar 2014
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Warpy
(111,247 posts)1. Shit, I hope the wind's not blowing
The last time I saw a fire start at a recycling center, half the town of Chelsea burned down.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)2. Not really windy here today.
Warpy
(111,247 posts)3. Good, otherwise it can turn into
I watched it from a rooftop on the top of Beacon Hill. I was upwind but it was still terrifying. The next day the papers had shots of people running for their lives as wind whipped fire turned into a blowtorch that exploded building after building.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)4. Omg! that is horrible.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)5. abc source.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)6. 4 injured.