Any news on that massive fire in

[malaise]

Connecticut this morning. Apparently close to 50 of the 150 residents of the complex are missing.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1089806&srvc=home&position=recent

[tekisui]

1. This is the first I heard, wow.

[MissB]

2. CNN is listing 45 missing.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/26/apartment.fire.ap/index.html

Some of them might've left.

[malaise]

5. Let's hope they were out

Damn -this is a massive fire.

[Warpy]

6. It hit after 1 AM

and unless they were sampling the fleshpots of Hartford (zzzz), they were home.

That's what happens when you have cheapass construction with no firewalls and no fire stops within the walls.

There was no way for the poor tenants to know that, though.

I just hope the 45 missing grabbed their keys and drove off to stay with relatives.

[fed-up]

7. update-0nly 1 missing

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/26/apartment.fire.ap/index.html

NORWICH, Connecticut (AP) -- A fast-moving fire destroyed a large apartment complex early Saturday, and authorities were looking for one person unaccounted for.

Authorities have confirmed the locations of all but one of the nearly 150 residents, said Fire Battalion Chief Tracy Montoya.
The wreckage was still too hot by late morning to allow the use of arson dogs or cadaver dogs, Fire Chief Ken Scandariato said.

The cause of the fire remained unclear, but officials were treating the blaze as suspicious.

The fire was reported at 1:30 a.m. in a 12-building apartment complex with a common roof. Two of the buildings were fully engulfed by the time firefighters arrived and tenants were calling for help, Scandariato said.

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[uppityperson]

3. k&r for anyone who might know. I hadn't heard of this.

[Kittycat]

4. How horrifying