2011年5月3日，温哥华里士满大火，目睹～，恐怖～
2011年5月3日23点，温哥华里士满一建筑工地着火，目睹～，恐怖～ 无图无真相...看眼没凑上热闹的说 看看 看看 真的假的*-)照片....？ 『天啊』 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Flames+engulf+construction+site+Richmond/4722079/story.html 7# jinhua
A massive blaze destroyed a six-storey building in Richmond Tuesday night that was to have been the first development to take advantage of controversial B.C. building-code changes allowing higher wood construction.
The fire broke out at the site, on Cambie near Garden City, around 11 p.m. Tuesday. The cause of the fire was unknown, and early reports of an explosion had not been confirmed.
The building, which was under construction, was fully engulfed at 11:30 p.m., with flames shooting to a height of at least double that, according to one witness. The neighbourhood is highly residential, with condos and apartment buildings surrounding the site of the fire.
Police had blocked off the area to traffic between Garden City and Shell.
By midnight, according to emergency reports, all Richmond fire fighters were on the scene. Vancouver fire and rescue services had been called in to respond to multiple small fires that had been sparked from burning ash.
Edward Mak, who was standing at the corner of Cambie and Garden City at 12:30 a.m., reported that he could feel the heat from the flames on his face. "The sky is covered with ashes. The two cranes are still standing but the actual building that is burning is starting to collapse on to Cambie street."
Fire fighters were attacking the flames from Cambie, he said.
According to BC Hydro, 1,221 area customers in Richmond were without electricity Tuesday night due to the fire. The power went out at 11:46 pm and was expected to be restored by 1 a.m.
The development, "The Remy," at 9388 Cambie, was to have been a 188-unit condo development that included varied affordable-housing options.
Premier Gordon Campbell was on hand to mark its groundbreaking in June of 2010. Taking advantage of building-code changes introduced in 2009, The Remy was to have been one of the first developments in B.C. to go more than four storeys high using wood, rather than concrete.
But in 2009, according to news reports, Richmond Fire Rescue warned the taller wood buildings could be a fire hazard, as the city's ladder trucks could only reach 18 metres — around 12 metres short of a six-storey building.
Speaking to the Richmond Review in 2010 about those concerns, Campbell noted that the building-code changes had come with new fire safety standards, including a requirement for sprinklers that extended to balconies.
"This is done up to the most modern standards... It's safe and secure housing for everyone," he said. He noted that some cities build wood-framed building of up to nine storeys.
Built by Oris Developments, The Remy was expected to be completed by December.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Massive+fire+engulfs+construction+site+Richmond/4722079/story.html#ixzz1LO4jwskZ 本帖最后由 sanyi 于 2011-5-4 20:55 编辑
8# sanyi 好象是在建的大楼，还没有人员伤亡的报道。比起去年还是前年上海那幢高楼外墙改造引起的大火的人员伤亡就是just so so了。 不明真相围观看热闹。。。 现在小区的电力还没有恢复，只能外面来上网 我睡的太死了,一点没听到啊
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