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Subject: [Towertalk] oopss Fire, Electrical and other safety codes
From: ny9h@attbi.com (Bill NY9H)
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 23:54:47 -0600
ooppsss..........   i read the link, and find nothing that resembles my 
story !!!
guess the fire just spread in the open space.
All these years I thought it smoldered in the ceiling for hours , before 
bursting out ....  sorry....   time to check out the fuses in my 
rigrunners.....
bill

At 10:32 PM 12/2/02, Bill Steffey wrote:
>In the MGM Hotel Casino Fire in Las Vegas, the fire was transmitted into 
>the casino ceiling space ( air handling plenum space)  on electric cables 
>running thru a fire wall. Too bad the contractors didn't patch up around 
>the wires.. and maintain the fire resistance. The fire ran right down the 
>wires....
>think it took out the casino (300+) feet in less than 4 minutes.
>
>It was spooky two days later to go to the Comdex or NAB ( whatever) 
>convention, and drive by the place with smoke still coming out of the 
>building....
>It killed 80...  it started in some wires and spread in the more wires,,,
>led to many of the current cabling regs....
>take a look :    http://www.co.clark.nv.us/fire/mgm_doc.htm
>
>bill
> >  I heard about the fire that killed 43 yesterday because of faulty 
> wiring.  I
>
>NY9H pictures on Epson's Photo site,
>the pix files are large,
>
>   http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1771119&a=13683578
>
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