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Quite spectacular fire in the largest skyscraper (outside of Moscow) in Russian federation, in the city of Grozny:

http://rt.com/news/chechnya-tallest-building-fire-280/

You can see the details of burned-up cheap plastic decorative tiles on some photos. I guess Putin didn't give enough $$$ to Chechnya in order to use more expensive fireproof materials

Ugh, and the only comments are about 9/11 conspiracies.

Wow, the comments on that article could give YouTube a run for its money…

Yea, well, there are still plenty of fanatics about whole 911 thing... Only takes a few "truthers" to post links to their nonsense sites to start a flame war. Just ignore them.

JohnC wrote:

Yea, well, there are still plenty of fanatics about whole 911 thing... Only takes a few "truthers" to post links to their nonsense sites to start a flame war. Just ignore them.

But 9/11 was done by the US government to drum up support for an unlawful war, right? （ﾟ､ ｡｀ﾌ

The R&P stops here and you two need to remember that R&P stays in R&P.

Captain Ned wrote:

The R&P stops here and you two need to remember that R&P stays in R&P.

Reowr! I was only being facetious. ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌

auxy wrote:

Captain Ned wrote:

The R&P stops here and you two need to remember that R&P stays in R&P.

Reowr! I was only being facetious. ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌

I think you mean fecal...

Didn't intend it to sound so harsh, but rapid escalation of 'Porch topics into R&P topics is one of those things we keep a sharp eye on.

Captain Ned wrote:

The R&P stops here and you two need to remember that R&P stays in R&P.

I agree, and I was not trying to steer it this way... Was just a reply about dumb comments...

OK, we're all cool.

I found it amazing how small the firefighters were against the blaze they were fighting, especially the shot of the guy on the ladder.

JohnC wrote:

Captain Ned wrote:

The R&P stops here and you two need to remember that R&P stays in R&P.

I agree, and I was not trying to steer it this way... Was just a reply about dumb comments...

But you were calling out and labeling a supposedly identifiable group as "fanatics". This is the type of behavior that leads to people getting offended, etc, and is at the core of the no R&P rule. Just sayin'.

Pretty mind-boggling that they would permit any sort of flammable material to be used on the exterior of a commercial high-rise. Granted, without a functional water supply it was going to burn out anyway, but but watching the fire eat those panels like candy is a little...odd.

You know, you'd think a skyscraper being on fire would be the definition of not safe for work.

I mean, working in a burning skyscraper is pretty unsafe.

Sorry, the pun had to be made.